1938 VFL Season Grand Final: Carlton v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 24 September 1938 between Carlton and Collingwood in the grand final of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Brighton Diggins captained the hosts. Albert Collier captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brighton Diggins and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Carlton (15.10.100) defeated Collingwood (13.7.85).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Carlton v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 24 September 1938
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 96,486

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Collingwood
Score: 15.10.100 - 13.7.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 3 . 2 7 . 6 11 . 9 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Collingwood 3 . 1 4 . 4 8 . 5 13 . 7 13 . 7 (85)
Margin CARL by 1 CARL by 20 CARL by 22 CARL by 15 CARL by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Brighton Diggins
Coach: Brighton Diggins

Collingwood

Captain: Albert Collier
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Goal Umpires

R. Treloar
W. Wetenhall

Boundary Umpires

J. Lancaster
F. O'Shea

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Baxter, Ken ? ? 3 ?
7 Carney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Chitty, Bob ? ? 0 ?
12 Crisp, Mickey ? ? 1 ?
5 Diggins, Brighton (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Francis, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Gill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
32 Green, Bob ? ? 1 ?
11 Hale, Jack ? ? 2 ?
17 Hollingshead, Harry ? ? 0 ?
31 McInnes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 McIntyre, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 McLean, Rod ? ? 0 ?
26 Park, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Price, Mick ? ? 1 ?
23 Schmidt, Paul ? ? 2 ?
22 Vallence, Harry ? ? 1 ?
28 Wrout, Jack ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 10

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Balfour, Don ? ? 0 ?
4 Boyall, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
5 Carmody, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Collier, Albert (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 Doherty, Vin ? ? 2 ?
7 Dowling, Ron ? ? 0 ?
8 Fothergill, Des ? ? 4 ?
9 Froude, Fred ? ? 0 ?
10 Hocking, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
20 Knight, Jack ? ? 1 ?
13 Kyne, Phonse ? ? 1 ?
14 Morgan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
16 Pannam, Alby ? ? 2 ?
18 Regan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Ross, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Todd, Ron ? ? 3 ?
23 Whelan, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Alan ? ? 0 ?
25 Woods, Bervin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 7

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