1939 VFL Season Round 6: Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 27 May 1939 between Melbourne and South Melbourne during round six of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. Herbie Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Herbie Matthews.

Melbourne (19.23.137) defeated South Melbourne (3.12.30).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 27 May 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 16,523

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. South Melbourne
Score: 19.23.137 - 3.12.30

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 7 9 . 14 16 . 19 19 . 23 19 . 23 (137)
South Melbourne 0 . 2 0 . 4 2 . 5 3 . 12 3 . 12 (30)
Margin MELB by 35 MELB by 64 MELB by 98 MELB by 107 MELB by 107
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Herbie Matthews

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bride

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 4 ?
11 Ball, Harold ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 5 ?
33 Buckley, Ted ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
22 Harley, Harry ? ? 0 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
21 Kimberley, Ron ? ? 2 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 2 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 3 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 2 ?
5 Truscott, Keith ? ? 0 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 19 23

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 1 ?
13 Couper, Norm ? ? 0 ?
28 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
16 Dineen, Ken ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Hall, Grahame ? ? 0 ?
33 Harris, Wilbur ? ? 0 ?
31 Kelly, Brian ? ? 1 ?
6 Leonard, Mick ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Mitchell, Alex ? ? 0 ?
12 Moore, Roy ? ? 0 ?
21 Mullenger, Allan ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Connor, Clarrie ? ? 1 ?
10 Pratt, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 Ritchie, Rex ? ? 0 ?
15 Smith, Keith ? ? 0 ?
19 Tims, Syd ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 3 12

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