1938 VFL Season Round 8: Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 11 June 1938 between Melbourne and North Melbourne during round eight of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts. Keith Forbes captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Keith Forbes.

Melbourne (18.14.122) defeated North Melbourne (14.8.92).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 11 June 1938
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 12,808

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. North Melbourne
Score: 18.14.122 - 14.8.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 1 10 . 1 16 . 5 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
North Melbourne 1 . 2 4 . 6 9 . 7 14 . 8 14 . 8 (92)
Margin MELB by 23 MELB by 31 MELB by 40 MELB by 30 MELB by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Coach: Frank Hughes

North Melbourne

Captain: Keith Forbes
Coach: Keith Forbes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 2 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 2 ?
33 Buckley, Ted ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 1 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 2 ?
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 ? ? 2 ?
28 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 8 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 18 14

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Adamson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
19 Baker, John ? ? 1 ?
17 Carter, Wally ? ? 0 ?
6 Cordner, Jock ? ? 1 ?
16 Crawford, Alan ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 0 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 5 ?
1 Forbes, Keith (c) ? ? 2 ?
11 Green, Harry ? ? 0 ?
30 Hacker, Alf ? ? 0 ?
4 Lamborn, Chris ? ? 0 ?
33 Lyons, Roy ? ? 1 ?
28 McFarlane, Mick ? ? 0 ?
26 Morcom, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
24 Murray, Sel ? ? 3 ?
13 O'Brien, Dally ? ? 1 ?
29 Parks, Ossy ? ? 0 ?
12 Sitch, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 8

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