1939 VFL Season Round 2: Geelong v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 29 April 1939 between Geelong and Carlton during round two of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Carlton at Corio Oval. Reg Hickey captained the hosts. Brighton Diggins captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Brighton Diggins.

Geelong (14.8.92) defeated Carlton (11.13.79).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Geelong v Carlton
Date: Saturday 29 April 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Carlton
Score: 14.8.92 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 4 3 . 6 9 . 6 14 . 8 14 . 8 (92)
Carlton 1 . 4 6 . 7 8 . 8 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin GEEL by 6 CARL by 19 GEEL by 4 GEEL by 13 GEEL by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Reg Hickey

Carlton

Captain: Brighton Diggins
Coach: Brighton Diggins

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
1 Dean, Leo ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 1 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
25 Glenister, Mick ? ? 1 ?
7 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
29 Helmer, Clyde ? ? 2 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Hore, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
3 Howard, Stan ? ? 0 ?
22 Knight, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Lynch, Jack ? ? 2 ?
15 Mahon, Geoff ? ? 3 ?
13 Marsham, Alan ? ? 0 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 1 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 3 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Slack, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
5 Tuohill, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 8

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Baxter, Ken ? ? 4 ?
7 Carney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Chitty, Bob ? ? 0 ?
12 Crisp, Mickey ? ? 0 ?
5 Diggins, Brighton (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Francis, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Gill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
32 Green, Bob ? ? 0 ?
11 Hale, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Hollingshead, Harry ? ? 1 ?
2 McIntyre, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 McLean, Rod ? ? 0 ?
26 Park, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Price, Mick ? ? 2 ?
24 Savage, Ron ? ? 0 ?
23 Schmidt, Paul ? ? 2 ?
8 Skinner, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Wrout, Jack ? ? 2 ?
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