1939 VFL Season Round 7: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 3 June 1939 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round seven of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. Frank Curcio captained the hosts. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Gordon Rattray and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Fitzroy (14.15.99) were defeated by Melbourne (18.14.122).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 3 June 1939
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 11,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Melbourne
Score: 14.15.99 - 18.14.122

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 8 6 . 11 10 . 13 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Melbourne 4 . 3 8 . 9 11 . 11 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
Margin MELB by 7 MELB by 10 MELB by 4 MELB by 23 MELB by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Gordon Rattray

Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Morgan

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
34 Catton, Len ? ? 0 ?
14 Clark, Eric ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 0 ?
30 Dawson, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 5 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
25 Hall, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
9 Hart, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
23 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
31 Hurley, Alf ? ? 1 ?
1 Knott, Arch ? ? 0 ?
15 Minney, Bert ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 1 ?
14 Reville, Peter ? ? 4 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 1 ?
24 Tagell, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Treweek, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 15

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 2 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 4 ?
11 Ball, Harold ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 2 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 6 ?
33 Buckley, Ted ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
22 Harley, Harry ? ? 0 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 0 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack ? ? 1 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 3 ?
5 Truscott, Keith ? ? 0 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 18 14

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