1938 VFL Season Round 9: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 18 June 1938 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round nine of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ansell Clarke and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

St Kilda (14.12.96) were defeated by Melbourne (16.16.112).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 18 June 1938
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Melbourne
Score: 14.12.96 - 16.16.112

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 3 . 3 9 . 4 12 . 10 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Melbourne 6 . 0 12 . 5 16 . 10 16 . 16 16 . 16 (112)
Margin MELB by 15 MELB by 19 MELB by 24 MELB by 16 MELB by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ansell Clarke

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
32 Bell, Paul ? ? 1 ?
11 Curyer, Clarrie ? ? 5 ?
26 Davis, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Fisher, Ron ? ? 1 ?
6 Fountain, Roy ? ? 0 ?
5 Hender, Allan ? ? 1 ?
22 Kelly, Jack ? ? 0 ?
38 Killigrew, Alan ? ? 2 ?
20 Lloyd, Stan ? ? 0 ?
10 Mohr, Bill ? ? 3 ?
12 Rayment, Doug ? ? 0 ?
13 Reilly, Beres ? ? 0 ?
2 Robertson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
29 Rose, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
31 Sharp, Bill ? ? 0 ?
33 Showell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Walker, Ken ? ? 1 ?
4 Williamson, Col ? ? 0 ?
24 Wilson, Ron ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 12

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 4 ?
33 Buckley, Ted ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 2 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 3 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Lewis, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
14 Maher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 McNaughton, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
2 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 2 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 4 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 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