1939 VFL Season Round 18: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 2 September 1939 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round eighteen of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. Frank Curcio captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Gordon Rattray.

Melbourne (11.15.81) defeated Fitzroy (4.11.35).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 2 September 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 9,043

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 11.15.81 - 4.11.35

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 5 6 . 10 8 . 11 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Fitzroy 2 . 5 4 . 5 4 . 10 4 . 11 4 . 11 (35)
Margin FITZ by 6 MELB by 17 MELB by 25 MELB by 46 MELB by 46
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Gordon Rattray

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Murphy

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 2 ?
11 Ball, Harold ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 2 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 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) ? ? 2 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 3 ?
5 Truscott, Keith ? ? 1 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 15

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Dawson, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
17 Fields, Allan ? ? 2 ?
7 Gillespie-Jones, Audley ? ? 0 ?
25 Hall, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
9 Hart, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
23 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
3 Hillard, Norm ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred ? ? 1 ?
5 Hughson, Mick ? ? 0 ?
31 Hurley, Alf ? ? 1 ?
19 Keighery, Mick ? ? 0 ?
Martin, Llew ? ? 0 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 0 ?
29 Smith, Len ? ? 0 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 0 ?
10 Treweek, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 4 11

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