1937 VFL Season: Melbourne

These are the details of the premiership results for Melbourne for the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used the MCG as their home ground, playing eleven matches there (ten as hosts and one as visitors). The team finished the regular season in second place, securing a place in the finals series. After being defeated by Geelong in the second semi final, Melbourne were defeated by Collingwood in the preliminary final, resulting in finishing in third place overall (adjusted for finals).

Team Details

Competition: 1937 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Club: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 15-0-3, P%: 131.2)
Finals Performance: Defeated by Collingwood (Preliminary Final)

Team Leaders

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Vice-Captain: Johnny Lewis

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Backway, Fred #21 1 0 R14
Baggott, Ron #15 18 51 R01-12, R14, R16-18, SF, PF
Ball, Jock #29 1 0 R17
Barassi, Ron #31 14 24 R01-13, R16
Beames, Percy #24 20 44 R01-18, SF, PF
Buckley, Ted #33 16 1 R05-18, SF, PF
Chandler, Bert #25 11 0 R09-18, PF
Coolahan, Jack #20 3 1 R10-12
Emselle, Richie #9 3 0 R02, R04, R09
Fischer, Rowley #8 17 4 R01-11, R13-15, R18, SF, PF
Foster, Jack #30 4 1 R06, R12, R16-17
Furniss, Jack #26 6 0 R01-05, R10
Gibb, Maurie #14 10 15 R01-07, R13-15
Glass, Eric #16 8 17 R01-03, R08, R12-13, R16-17
Jones, Gordon #1 15 0 R04-15, R18, SF, PF
Jones, Les #13 20 14 R01-18, SF, PF
Kinnear, Joe #6 10 0 R01-08, SF, PF
La Fontaine, Allan #17 17 3 R01-08, R10-12, R14-15, R17-18, SF, PF
Lewis, Johnny #3 17 4 R01-03, R05-12, R15-18, SF, PF
Lock, Wally #18 13 8 R01-04, R06, R13-18, SF, PF
Long, Harry #20 8 0 R13-18, SF, PF
McNamara, Pat #28 17 0 R01-11, R15-18, SF, PF
Mueller, Jack #12 19 16 R01-15, R17-18, SF, PF
Murnane, Hugh #7 17 14 R01-11, R13-16, R18, SF
Ogden, Gordon #32 17 0 R01, R03-05, R07-14, R16-18, SF, PF
Penberthy, Stan #27 11 0 R09, R11-18, SF, PF
Reiffel, Lou #2 8 22 R01-02, R09, R15-18, SF
Reilly, Beres #11 3 1 R12-14
Roberts, Frank #19 15 4 R03-16, PF
Smith, Norm #4 20 45 R01-18, SF, PF
Truscott, Keith #5 12 7 R07-10, R12-13, R15-18, SF, PF
Wartman, Ray #23 9 4 R01-08, R11

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds
Hughes, Frank 20 15 -0- 5 R01-18, SF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
24/04/1937 Round 1 Richmond HOME WIN MELB by 26 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
01/05/1937 Round 2 Essendon AWAY WIN MELB by 85 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
08/05/1937 Round 3 Carlton HOME WIN MELB by 36 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
15/05/1937 Round 4 St Kilda AWAY WIN MELB by 5 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
22/05/1937 Round 5 Collingwood HOME WIN MELB by 25 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
29/05/1937 Round 6 Footscray AWAY WIN MELB by 22 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
05/06/1937 Round 7 North Melbourne HOME WIN MELB by 122 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
14/06/1937 Round 8 Hawthorn AWAY WIN MELB by 23 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
19/06/1937 Round 9 Geelong HOME LOSS GEEL by 33 Frank Hughes Johnny Lewis
26/06/1937 Round 10 Fitzroy AWAY WIN MELB by 39 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
03/07/1937 Round 11 South Melbourne HOME WIN MELB by 6 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
10/07/1937 Round 12 Richmond AWAY LOSS RICH by 14 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
17/07/1937 Round 13 Essendon HOME WIN MELB by 16 Frank Hughes Percy Beames
24/07/1937 Round 14 Carlton AWAY LOSS CARL by 16 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
31/07/1937 Round 15 St Kilda HOME WIN MELB by 40 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
14/08/1937 Round 16 Collingwood AWAY WIN MELB by 11 Frank Hughes Johnny Lewis
21/08/1937 Round 17 Footscray HOME WIN MELB by 31 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
28/08/1937 Round 18 North Melbourne AWAY WIN MELB by 39 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
11/09/1937 Semi Final Geelong AWAY LOSS GEEL by 12 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine
18/09/1937 Preliminary Final Collingwood HOME LOSS COLL by 55 Frank Hughes Allan La Fontaine