1939 VFL Season Round 14: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 July 1939 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round fourteen of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. Ansell Clarke captained the hosts. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ansell Clarke and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

St Kilda (10.18.78) were defeated by Melbourne (15.12.102).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 July 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 28,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Melbourne
Score: 10.18.78 - 15.12.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 1 . 1 3 . 9 6 . 11 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Melbourne 2 . 1 7 . 6 11 . 11 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Margin MELB by 6 MELB by 21 MELB by 30 MELB by 24 MELB by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Ansell Clarke
Coach: Ansell Clarke

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Clarke, Ansell (c) ? ? 3 ?
11 Curyer, Clarrie ? ? 1 ?
19 Garvin, Reg ? ? 0 ?
25 Hoppen, Ted ? ? 1 ?
7 Kelly, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Killigrew, Alan ? ? 1 ?
5 Maslen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Mohr, Bill ? ? 0 ?
27 O'Halloran, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
12 Rayment, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Robertson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
29 Rose, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
16 Sawley, Alby ? ? 0 ?
3 Snell, Sam ? ? 0 ?
15 Vontom, Clarrie ? ? 1 ?
21 Walker, Ken ? ? 3 ?
4 Williamson, Col ? ? 0 ?
24 Wilson, Ron ? ? 0 ?
14 Yewers, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 18

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 2 ?
11 Ball, Harold ? ? 0 ?
3 Baxter, Bill ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 2 ?
33 Buckley, Ted ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 1 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Harley, Harry ? ? 0 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 2 ?
21 Kimberley, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack ? ? 2 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 5 ?
5 Truscott, Keith ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 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