1938 VFL Season Round 2: Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 30 April 1938 between Melbourne and Hawthorn during round two of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. Bert Mills captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Ivan McAlpine.

Melbourne (14.8.92) were defeated by Hawthorn (16.15.111).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Melbourne v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 30 April 1938
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 11,327

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Hawthorn
Score: 14.8.92 - 16.15.111

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 3 6 . 5 12 . 7 14 . 8 14 . 8 (92)
Hawthorn 3 . 2 8 . 7 10 . 9 16 . 15 16 . 15 (111)
Margin MELB by 13 HWTH by 14 MELB by 10 HWTH by 19 HWTH by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

Hawthorn

Captain: Bert Mills
Coach: Ivan McAlpine

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Goal Umpires

E. Sanneman

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 1 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 3 ?
33 Buckley, Ted ? ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 1 ?
3 Lewis, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 1 ?
28 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 0 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
25 Regan, Ted ? ? 0 ?
2 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 1 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 4 ?
5 Truscott, Keith ? ? 0 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 8

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Abikhair, Dick BPR ? 0 ?
5 Albiston, Alec HFFL ? 2 ?
35 Albiston, Harold BPL ? 0 ?
6 Barker, Jack FB↓ ? 0 ?
2 Byrne, Tom FPR ? 0 ?
26 Carter, George CHF ? 0 ?
21 Cartwright, Gilbert FPL ? 5 ?
17 Deague, Bill HFFR ? 0 ?
25 Dower, George CHB ? 0 ?
18 Feltscheer, Ken SUB↑ ? 2 ?
12 Mills, Bert (c) RU ? 1 ?
1 Naismith, Alby RU ? 2 ?
11 Neeson, Alf FF ? 4 ?
23 Pierce, Charlie RO ? 0 ?
7 Randall, Viv WR ? 0 ?
24 Samblebe, Frank HBFR ? 0 ?
8 Spinks, Stan C ? 0 ?
28 Waters, Gordon HBFL ? 0 ?
31 Williams, Bob WL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 15

K. Feltscheer replaced J. Barker during the fourth quarter.

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

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: Frank Hughes
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
35 H. Albiston 6 J. Barker 27 D. Abikhair













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



28 G. Waters 25 G. Dower 24 F. Samblebe













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



31 B. Williams 8 S. Spinks 7 V. Randall









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 12 B. Mills (c) 18 K. Feltscheer
HALF-FORWARD 1 A. Naismith

5 A. Albiston 26 G. Carter 17 B. Deague 23 C. Pierce











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



21 G. Cartwright 11 A. Neeson 2 T. Byrne













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Ivan McAlpine