1938 VFL Season Round 18: Collingwood v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 27 August 1938 between Collingwood and Melbourne during round eighteen of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Melbourne at Victoria Park. In the absence of Albert Collier, Jack Regan captained the hosts. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Collingwood (12.19.91) defeated Melbourne (11.16.82).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Collingwood v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 27 August 1938
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 30,000

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Melbourne
Score: 12.19.91 - 11.16.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 3 . 8 6 . 13 10 . 16 12 . 19 12 . 19 (91)
Melbourne 2 . 2 4 . 7 8 . 9 11 . 16 11 . 16 (82)
Margin COLL by 12 COLL by 18 COLL by 19 COLL by 9 COLL by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Jack Regan (acting)
Coach: Jock McHale

Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Balfour, Don ? ? 0 ?
4 Boyall, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
31 Dawson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
7 Doherty, Vin ? ? 2 ?
7 Dowling, Ron ? ? 0 ?
8 Fothergill, Des ? ? 2 ?
26 Fricker, Pat ? ? 0 ?
9 Froude, Fred ? ? 0 ?
10 Hocking, Gordon ? ? 2 ?
13 Kyne, Phonse ? ? 0 ?
14 Morgan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
16 Pannam, Alby ? ? 0 ?
17 Powell, Harold ? ? 2 ?
18 Regan, Jack (ac) ? ? 0 ?
19 Ross, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Todd, Ron ? ? 4 ?
23 Whelan, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Alan ? ? 0 ?
25 Woods, Bervin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 19

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 6 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 1 ?
29 Dean, Harden ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
22 Harley, Harry ? ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 1 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 0 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 2 ?
5 Truscott, Keith ? ? 0 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
20 Williams, Frank ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 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