1939 VFL Season Semi Final 2: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 16 September 1939 between Melbourne and Collingwood in the second semi final of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. Harry Collier captained the visitors with Albert Collier as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Melbourne (15.14.104) defeated Collingwood (12.18.90).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Second Semi Final
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 16 September 1939
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 54,776

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Collingwood
Score: 15.14.104 - 12.18.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 4 5 . 9 10 . 11 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Collingwood 3 . 3 7 . 10 9 . 14 12 . 18 12 . 18 (90)
Margin MELB by 1 COLL by 13 MELB by 3 MELB by 14 MELB by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

Collingwood

Captain: Harry Collier
Vice-Captain: Albert Collier
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 0 ?
11 Ball, Harold ? ? 1 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 2 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 3 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 1 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
14 Maher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 4 ?
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) 15 14

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Balfour, Don ? ? 1 ?
4 Campbell, Norm ? ? 0 ?
5 Carmody, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Collier, Albert (vc) ? ? 0 ?
1 Collier, Harry (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 Dowling, Ron ? ? 0 ?
8 Fothergill, Des ? ? 2 ?
27 Green, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Hocking, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
11 Knight, Jack ? ? 1 ?
13 Kyne, Phonse ? ? 0 ?
29 Murphy, Jack ? ? 1 ?
17 Powell, Harold ? ? 1 ?
18 Regan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Todd, Ron ? ? 6 ?
22 Unwin, Bill ? ? 0 ?
28 Whelan, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Alan ? ? 0 ?
25 Woods, Bervin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 18

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