1939 VFL Season Preliminary Final: Collingwood v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 23 September 1939 between Collingwood and St Kilda in the preliminary final of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted St Kilda at the MCG. Harry Collier captained the hosts with Albert Collier as vice-captain. Ansell Clarke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Ansell Clarke.

Collingwood (20.14.134) defeated St Kilda (15.15.105).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: Collingwood v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 23 September 1939
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 66,848

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. St Kilda
Score: 20.14.134 - 15.15.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 6 . 1 11 . 6 14 . 11 20 . 14 20 . 14 (134)
St Kilda 6 . 4 9 . 7 13 . 9 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
Margin STKL by 3 COLL by 11 COLL by 8 COLL by 29 COLL by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

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

St Kilda

Captain: Ansell Clarke
Coach: Ansell Clarke

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Balfour, Don ? ? 0 ?
4 Campbell, Norm ? ? 0 ?
2 Collier, Albert (vc) ? ? 0 ?
1 Collier, Harry (c) ? ? 0 ?
6 Doherty, Vin ? ? 4 ?
8 Fothergill, Des ? ? 3 ?
26 Fricker, Pat ? ? 0 ?
9 Froude, Fred ? ? 0 ?
27 Green, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Hocking, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
11 Knight, Jack ? ? 1 ?
13 Kyne, Phonse ? ? 1 ?
29 Murphy, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Powell, Harold ? ? 0 ?
18 Regan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Todd, Ron ? ? 11 ?
28 Whelan, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Alan ? ? 0 ?
25 Woods, Bervin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 20 14

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Clarke, Ansell (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Curyer, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
6 Fountain, Roy ? ? 1 ?
19 Garvin, Reg ? ? 1 ?
25 Hoppen, Ted ? ? 0 ?
7 Kelly, Jack ? ? 1 ?
17 Killigrew, Alan ? ? 1 ?
9 Lowry, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Maslen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Mohr, Bill ? ? 4 ?
12 Rayment, Doug ? ? 0 ?
30 Regnier, Lance ? ? 3 ?
23 Riordan, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
16 Sawley, Alby ? ? 0 ?
3 Snell, Sam ? ? 0 ?
15 Vontom, Clarrie ? ? 3 ?
21 Walker, Ken ? ? 0 ?
8 Weiss, Alby ? ? 1 ?
4 Williamson, Col ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 15

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