1939 VFL Season Round 5: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 1939 between Geelong and Melbourne during round five of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Corio Oval. Reg Hickey captained the hosts. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Geelong (12.18.90) were defeated by Melbourne (15.16.106).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 20 May 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Melbourne
Score: 12.18.90 - 15.16.106

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 7 6 . 8 11 . 13 12 . 18 12 . 18 (90)
Melbourne 4 . 1 8 . 7 13 . 13 15 . 16 15 . 16 (106)
Margin GEEL by 12 MELB by 11 MELB by 12 MELB by 16 MELB by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Reg Hickey

Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Murphy

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
1 Dean, Leo ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 3 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Graham, Colin ? ? 1 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Gross, Reg ? ? 0 ?
29 Helmer, Clyde ? ? 2 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Hore, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
17 Lynch, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Mahon, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 2 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Slack, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
19 Tucker, Joe ? ? 0 ?
5 Tuohill, Ted ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 18

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 0 ?
11 Ball, Harold ? ? 4 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 1 ?
33 Buckley, Ted ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
22 Harley, Harry ? ? 0 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 1 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
14 Maher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 3 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack ? ? 2 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 2 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 16

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