1937 VFL Season Semi Final 2: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 11 September 1937 between Geelong and Melbourne in the second semi final of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong "hosted" Melbourne at the MCG. Reg Hickey captained the hosts. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors with Johnny Lewis as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Geelong (19.11.125) defeated Melbourne (16.17.113).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Second Semi Final
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 11 September 1937
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 47,730

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 19.11.125 - 16.17.113

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 3 11 . 5 13 . 9 19 . 11 19 . 11 (125)
Melbourne 2 . 2 9 . 9 10 . 13 16 . 17 16 . 17 (113)
Margin GEEL by 19 GEEL by 8 GEEL by 14 GEEL by 12 GEEL by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Reg Hickey

Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
13 Coles, Clive ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 4 ?
5 Evans, Jack ? ? 1 ?
23 Glenister, Norm ? ? 1 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Hardiman, Les ? ? 2 ?
27 Hardiman, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 Hawking, Fred ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Hore, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
15 Mahon, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
22 Metherell, Jack ? ? 8 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 0 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 2 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Slack, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
26 Wills, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 19 11

Melbourne

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

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