1939 VFA Season Grand Final: Brunswick v Williamstown

This is the match report for the match played on 7 October 1939 between Brunswick and Williamstown in the grand final of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football Association. Brunswick hosted Williamstown at the MCG. Gordon Ogden captained the visitors with Reg Thomas as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Roy McKay and the visitors were coached by Gordon Ogden.

Brunswick (14.11.95) were defeated by Williamstown (14.20.104).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFA Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Brunswick v Williamstown
Date: Saturday 7 October 1939
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 47,098

Match Results

Outcome: Brunswick def. by Williamstown
Score: 14.11.95 - 14.20.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Brunswick 4 . 5 8 . 7 10 . 11 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Williamstown 3 . 2 4 . 9 12 . 15 14 . 20 14 . 20 (104)
Margin BRNW by 9 BRNW by 22 WILL by 16 WILL by 9 WILL by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Brunswick

Captain: unknown
Coach: Roy McKay

Williamstown

Captain: Gordon Ogden
Vice-Captain: Reg Thomas
Coach: Gordon Ogden

Player Statistics

Brunswick

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
McKay, Roy ? ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (1 player) 14 11

Williamstown

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Cutting, Arthur ? ? ? ?
Glass, Eric ? ? ? ?
McTaggart, Bert ? ? ? ?
Ogden, Gordon (c) ? ? ? ?
Thomas, Reg (vc) ? ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (5 players) 14 20

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