1939 VFL Season Grand Final: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 30 September 1939 between Melbourne and Collingwood in the grand final of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. Harry Collier captained the visitors with Albert Collier as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Melbourne (21.22.148) defeated Collingwood (14.11.95).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 30 September 1939
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 78,110

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Collingwood
Score: 21.22.148 - 14.11.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 5 10 . 10 15 . 14 21 . 22 21 . 22 (148)
Collingwood 6 . 5 10 . 6 13 . 9 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Margin COLL by 18 MELB by 4 MELB by 17 MELB by 53 MELB by 53
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

Collingwood

Captain: Harry Collier
Vice-Captain: Albert Collier
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward
E: B. Blackburn

Goal Umpires

R. Treloar
W. Wetenhall

Boundary Umpires

J. Lancaster
C. Munton

Umpire Replacements

B. Blackburn replaced A. Coward.

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd WR ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron CHF ? 1 ?
11 Ball, Harold FPL ? 2 ?
24 Beames, Percy RO ? 4 ?
9 Emselle, Richie BPL ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley BPR ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack RU ? 0 ?
32 Hingston, Dick HBFL ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon CHB ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les HFFL ? 3 ?
21 Kimberley, Ron RU ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) C ? 1 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) FB ? 2 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack SUB↑ ? 0 ?
19 Roberts, Frank HBFR ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby FPR ? 4 ?
4 Smith, Norm FF ? 1 ?
5 Truscott, Keith HFFR ? 2 ?
23 Wartman, Ray WL↓ ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 21 22

J. O'Keefe replaced R. Wartman during the fourth quarter.

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Balfour, Don HBFR ? 1 ?
4 Campbell, Norm WR ? 0 ?
2 Collier, Albert (vc) RU ? 0 ?
1 Collier, Harry (c) RO ? 0 ?
6 Doherty, Vin HFFR ? 1 ?
8 Fothergill, Des FPL ? 3 ?
26 Fricker, Pat WL ? 0 ?
27 Green, Jack SUB↑ ? 0 ?
10 Hocking, Gordon BPR ? 0 ?
11 Knight, Jack FPR ? 2 ?
13 Kyne, Phonse CHF ? 0 ?
14 McCrae, Cliff HFFL ? 1 ?
29 Murphy, Jack BPL ? 0 ?
18 Regan, Jack FB ? 0 ?
19 Ross, Jack HBFL ? 0 ?
21 Todd, Ron FF ? 6 ?
28 Whelan, Marcus C ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Alan CHB ? 0 ?
25 Woods, Bervin RU↓ ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 11

J. Green replaced B. Woods during the fourth quarter.

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

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: Frank Hughes
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
29 J. Murphy 18 J. Regan 10 G. Hocking 26 J. Furniss 29 J. O'Keefe
30 A. Rodda 4 N. Smith 11 H. Ball 21 R. Kimberley

FORWARD 24 P. Beames

HALF-BACK



19 J. Ross 24 A. Williams 3 D. Balfour



5 K. Truscott 15 R. Baggott 13 L. Jones



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



26 P. Fricker 28 M. Whelan 4 N. Campbell



36 S. Anderson 17 A. La Fontaine (c) 23 R. Wartman FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 A. Collier (vc) 27 J. Green
HALF-FORWARD 25 B. Woods

14 C. McCrae 13 P. Kyne 6 V. Doherty 1 H. Collier (c)

19 F. Roberts 1 G. Jones 32 D. Hingston



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



8 D. Fothergill 21 R. Todd 11 J. Knight



8 R. Fischer 12 J. Mueller (vc) 9 R. Emselle



BACK



Collingwood Coach: Jock McHale