1938 VFL Season Round 1: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 23 April 1938 between Geelong and Melbourne during round one of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Corio Oval. Reg Hickey captained the hosts. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Geelong (17.13.115) were defeated by Melbourne (20.12.132).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 23 April 1938
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Melbourne
Score: 17.13.115 - 20.12.132

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 8 . 4 10 . 6 15 . 11 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
Melbourne 4 . 1 12 . 8 16 . 10 20 . 12 20 . 12 (132)
Margin GEEL by 27 MELB by 14 MELB by 5 MELB by 17 MELB by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Reg Hickey

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Vice-Captain: Jack Mueller
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
13 Coles, Clive ? ? 6 ?
25 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Dean, Leo ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 3 ?
5 Evans, Jack ? ? 2 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
23 Glenister, Norm ? ? 1 ?
27 Hardiman, Peter ? ? 0 ?
29 Helmer, Clyde ? ? 2 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Hore, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
3 Howard, Stan ? ? 0 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 0 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 1 ?
4 Slack, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
26 Wills, Jim ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 13

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 5 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 2 ?
33 Buckley, Ted ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Lewis, Johnny ? ? 1 ?
28 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 0 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 4 ?
25 Regan, Ted ? ? 0 ?
2 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 1 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 6 ?
5 Truscott, Keith ? ? 0 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 20 12

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