1938 VFL Season Round 5: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 21 May 1938 between Melbourne and Footscray during round five of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. In the absence of Roy Evans, vice-captain Norm Ware captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

Melbourne (10.12.72) were defeated by Footscray (10.16.76).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 21 May 1938
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 14,979

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 10.12.72 - 10.16.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 3 4 . 8 7 . 12 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Footscray 3 . 5 6 . 8 8 . 12 10 . 16 10 . 16 (76)
Margin FOOT by 8 FOOT by 12 FOOT by 6 FOOT by 4 FOOT by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

Footscray

Captain: Norm Ware (acting)
Coach: Joe Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Morgan

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 2 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 2 ?
33 Buckley, Ted ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 1 ?
3 Lewis, Johnny ? ? 1 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
28 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 1 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
25 Regan, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 0 ?
5 Truscott, Keith ? ? 0 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 12

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
33 Clay, Alf ? ? 0 ?
13 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
26 Luke, Charlie ? ? 3 ?
14 McCrae, Cliff ? ? 1 ?
16 McLure, Lindsay ? ? 0 ?
32 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
2 Morrison, Alby ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
32 Sainsbury, Rob ? ? 0 ?
28 Sampson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
29 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
6 Standfield, Paul ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (ac) ? ? 4 ?
13 Wilson, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 16

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