1939 VFL Season Round 16: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 12 August 1939 between Melbourne and Geelong during round sixteen of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts. Reg Hickey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Melbourne (22.16.148) defeated Geelong (13.17.95).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 12 August 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 9,413

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 22.16.148 - 13.17.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 5 13 . 11 19 . 13 22 . 16 22 . 16 (148)
Geelong 2 . 6 2 . 9 10 . 11 13 . 17 13 . 17 (95)
Margin GEEL by 1 MELB by 68 MELB by 56 MELB by 53 MELB by 53
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Coach: Frank Hughes

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 1 ?
11 Ball, Harold ? ? 4 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 4 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 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) ? ? 1 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack ? ? 1 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 2 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 7 ?
5 Truscott, Keith ? ? 0 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 22 16

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 2 ?
26 Bethune, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
31 Butcher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Dean, Leo ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 1 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
23 Glenister, Norm ? ? 4 ?
7 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Gross, Reg ? ? 0 ?
29 Helmer, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Howard, Stan ? ? 0 ?
15 Mahon, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
27 Nash, Jim ? ? 0 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 3 ?
35 Rankin, Doug ? ? 1 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Slack, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 17

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