1938 VFL Season Round 6: Carlton v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 May 1938 between Carlton and Melbourne during round six of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. Brighton Diggins captained the hosts. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brighton Diggins and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Carlton (14.18.102) were defeated by Melbourne (16.11.107).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Carlton v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 28 May 1938
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Melbourne
Score: 14.18.102 - 16.11.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 0 . 5 5 . 10 9 . 13 14 . 18 14 . 18 (102)
Melbourne 8 . 4 10 . 7 13 . 10 16 . 11 16 . 11 (107)
Margin MELB by 47 MELB by 27 MELB by 21 MELB by 5 MELB by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Brighton Diggins
Coach: Brighton Diggins

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
3 Ayers, Fred ? ? 0 ?
4 Baxter, Ken ? ? 3 ?
7 Carney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Chitty, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Cooper, Ron ? ? 3 ?
8 Crisp, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
12 Crisp, Mickey ? ? 0 ?
5 Diggins, Brighton (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Francis, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Gill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
32 Green, Bob ? ? 0 ?
11 Hale, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Huxtable, Eric ? ? 0 ?
15 McElroy, Jack ? ? 1 ?
2 McIntyre, Don ? ? 0 ?
26 Park, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Price, Mick ? ? 0 ?
22 Vallence, Harry ? ? 7 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 18

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 6 ?
33 Buckley, Ted ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 3 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 1 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Lewis, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
14 Maher, Jack ? ? 1 ?
28 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 4 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 11

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