1937 VFL Season Round 18: North Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 August 1937 between North Melbourne and Melbourne during round eighteen of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Melbourne at Arden Street Oval. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors with Johnny Lewis as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Paddy Scanlan and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

North Melbourne (13.13.91) were defeated by Melbourne (19.16.130).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: North Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 28 August 1937
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 4,500

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Melbourne
Score: 13.13.91 - 19.16.130

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 4 3 . 6 9 . 10 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Melbourne 1 . 3 5 . 6 10 . 12 19 . 16 19 . 16 (130)
Margin NMLB by 13 MELB by 12 MELB by 8 MELB by 39 MELB by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Paddy Scanlan

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Vice-Captain: Johnny Lewis
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Glasson

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
10 Anderson, Stewart ? ? 0 ?
17 Carter, Wally ? ? 0 ?
6 Cordner, Jock ? ? 2 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Green, Harry ? ? 2 ?
Gregory, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
Hough, Cliff ? ? 0 ?
20 Johnson, Lloyd ? ? 1 ?
21 Kemp, Don ? ? 0 ?
Kennedy, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Lyons, Roy ? ? 0 ?
22 McLeod, Ron ? ? 1 ?
3 Mitchell, Col ? ? 3 ?
26 Morcom, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
29 Murray, Sel ? ? 3 ?
14 Sitch, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 Stubbs, Frank ? ? 0 ?
32 Whittam, Ben ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 13

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 3 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 3 ?
33 Buckley, Ted ? ? 0 ?
25 Chandler, Bert ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 1 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 3 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Lewis, Johnny (vc) ? ? 1 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 3 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
28 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 3 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
27 Penberthy, Stan ? ? 0 ?
2 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 2 ?
5 Truscott, Keith ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 19 16

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s