1939 VFL Season Round 18: North Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 2 September 1939 between North Melbourne and Geelong during round eighteen of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Geelong at Arden Street Oval. In the absence of Keith Forbes, vice-captain Ted Ellis captained the hosts. Reg Hickey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Cusack and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

North Melbourne (11.10.76) defeated Geelong (9.11.65).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: North Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 2 September 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 3,500

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 11.10.76 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 7 . 5 8 . 6 11 . 10 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Geelong 2 . 0 7 . 5 8 . 8 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Margin NMLB by 35 NMLB by 7 NMLB by 20 NMLB by 11 NMLB by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Ted Ellis (acting)
Coach: Ted Cusack (caretaker)

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Adamson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Carter, Wally ? ? 0 ?
14 Clark, Eric ? ? 1 ?
30 Coward, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Dalley, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 2 ?
15 Ellis, Ted (ac) ? ? 0 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 1 ?
10 Harrison, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Jones, Herb ? ? 2 ?
22 Kemp, Don ? ? 0 ?
18 Kennedy, George ? ? 2 ?
23 Montgomery, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Morcom, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
24 Murray, Sel ? ? 1 ?
13 Rann, Ron ? ? 0 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 0 ?
7 Skinner, Charles ? ? 0 ?
4 Stewart, Jim ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 10

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
31 Butcher, Jack ? ? 1 ?
1 Dean, Leo ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 2 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
23 Glenister, Norm ? ? 1 ?
7 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 1 ?
24 Gross, Reg ? ? 0 ?
29 Helmer, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Howard, Stan ? ? 0 ?
15 Mahon, Geoff ? ? 2 ?
13 Marsham, Alan ? ? 0 ?
27 Nash, Jim ? ? 0 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
35 Rankin, Doug ? ? 0 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Slack, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 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