1938 VFL Season Round 14: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 30 July 1938 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round fourteen of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. Frank Curcio captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Gordon Rattray.

Melbourne (14.12.96) defeated Fitzroy (14.9.93).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 30 July 1938
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 9,060

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 14.12.96 - 14.9.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 5 8 . 7 11 . 9 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Fitzroy 2 . 2 8 . 6 11 . 8 14 . 9 14 . 9 (93)
Margin MELB by 15 MELB by 1 MELB by 1 MELB by 3 MELB by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Gordon Rattray

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Glasson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 3 ?
33 Buckley, Ted ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
22 Harley, Harry ? ? 0 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 1 ?
3 Lewis, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 0 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
2 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 1 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 5 ?
5 Truscott, Keith ? ? 2 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 12

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Curcio, Frank (c) ? ? 1 ?
30 Dawson, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 1 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred ? ? 5 ?
5 Hughson, Mick ? ? 0 ?
13 McKenzie, Jock ? ? 0 ?
15 Minney, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Morgan, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
12 Murray, Dan ? ? 2 ?
23 Mutimer, Wally ? ? 0 ?
14 Reville, Peter ? ? 4 ?
4 Ryan, Denis ? ? 0 ?
27 Sharp, Mickey ? ? 1 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 0 ?
29 Smith, Len ? ? 0 ?
24 Toohey, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Treweek, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
28 White, Allan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 9

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