1939 VFL Season Round 3: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 6 May 1939 between Melbourne and St Kilda during round three of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. Ansell Clarke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Ansell Clarke.

Melbourne (16.16.112) defeated St Kilda (10.21.81).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 6 May 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 25,703

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. St Kilda
Score: 16.16.112 - 10.21.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 2 4 . 6 10 . 12 16 . 16 16 . 16 (112)
St Kilda 3 . 7 6 . 12 9 . 17 10 . 21 10 . 21 (81)
Margin STKL by 17 STKL by 18 MELB by 1 MELB by 31 MELB by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

St Kilda

Captain: Ansell Clarke
Coach: Ansell Clarke

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 5 ?
11 Ball, Harold ? ? 3 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 0 ?
3 Baxter, Bill ? ? 0 ?
33 Buckley, Ted ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 2 ?
6 Giles, Ian ? ? 0 ?
22 Harley, Harry ? ? 0 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 3 ?
21 Kimberley, Ron ? ? 1 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 1 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 1 ?
5 Truscott, Keith ? ? 0 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 16

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Clarke, Ansell (c) ? ? 2 ?
18 Coles, Clive ? ? 2 ?
11 Curyer, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
6 Fountain, Roy ? ? 0 ?
19 Garvin, Reg ? ? 1 ?
7 Kelly, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Killigrew, Alan ? ? 1 ?
20 Lloyd, Stan ? ? 0 ?
9 Lowry, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Maslen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Mohr, Bill ? ? 3 ?
2 Robertson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
31 Sharp, Bill ? ? 0 ?
3 Snell, Sam ? ? 0 ?
15 Vontom, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
8 Weiss, Alby ? ? 0 ?
4 Williamson, Col ? ? 0 ?
24 Wilson, Ron ? ? 0 ?
14 Yewers, Jim ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 21

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