1938 VFL Season Round 17: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 20 August 1938 between Melbourne and Carlton during round seventeen of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Carlton at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts. Brighton Diggins captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Brighton Diggins.

Melbourne (14.12.96) defeated Carlton (11.13.79).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 20 August 1938
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 25,241

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Carlton
Score: 14.12.96 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 4 6 . 6 10 . 11 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Carlton 2 . 1 6 . 4 8 . 8 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin MELB by 9 MELB by 2 MELB by 15 MELB by 17 MELB by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Coach: Frank Hughes

Carlton

Captain: Brighton Diggins
Coach: Brighton Diggins

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Murphy

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 5 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 1 ?
29 Dean, Harden ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 2 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
22 Harley, Harry ? ? 0 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 1 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 4 ?
5 Truscott, Keith ? ? 0 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
20 Williams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 12

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
3 Ayers, Fred ? ? 0 ?
4 Baxter, Ken ? ? 1 ?
7 Carney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Chitty, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Cooper, Ron ? ? 2 ?
12 Crisp, Mickey ? ? 1 ?
5 Diggins, Brighton (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Francis, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Gill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
32 Green, Bob ? ? 0 ?
11 Hale, Jack ? ? 1 ?
17 Hollingshead, Harry ? ? 2 ?
31 McInnes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 McIntyre, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 McLean, Rod ? ? 0 ?
26 Park, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Price, Mick ? ? 1 ?
22 Vallence, Harry ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 13

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