1939 VFL Season Round 9: Carlton v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 17 June 1939 between Carlton and Melbourne during round nine of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. Jim Francis captained the hosts. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Brighton Diggins and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Carlton (19.19.133) defeated Melbourne (15.13.103).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Carlton v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 17 June 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Melbourne
Score: 19.19.133 - 15.13.103

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 4 . 3 9 . 9 14 . 16 19 . 19 19 . 19 (133)
Melbourne 4 . 2 8 . 2 11 . 5 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Margin CARL by 1 CARL by 13 CARL by 29 CARL by 30 CARL by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Jim Francis
Coach: Brighton Diggins

Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Baxter, Ken ? ? 3 ?
7 Carney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Chitty, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Cooper, Ron ? ? 2 ?
12 Crisp, Mickey ? ? 1 ?
10 Francis, Jim (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Gill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
32 Green, Bob ? ? 0 ?
11 Hale, Jack ? ? 2 ?
17 Hollingshead, Harry ? ? 3 ?
15 McElroy, Jack ? ? 1 ?
31 McInnes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 McIntyre, Don ? ? 0 ?
26 Park, Jim ? ? 0 ?
24 Savage, Ron ? ? 0 ?
23 Schmidt, Paul ? ? 3 ?
8 Skinner, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Wrout, Jack ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 19 19

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 1 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 2 ?
11 Ball, Harold ? ? 2 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 2 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 4 ?
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 ?
14 Maher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 2 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 2 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 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