1939 VFLS Season: Melbourne Seconds
These are the details of the premiership results for the Melbourne Seconds for the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League Seconds (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves). The team used the MCG as their home ground, playing eleven matches there (ten as hosts and one as visitors). The team finished the regular season in second place, securing a place in the finals series. After defeating the Richmond Seconds in the second semi final, the Melbourne Seconds defeated the Richmond Seconds in the grand final, winning the premiership.
Team Details
Competition:
1939 VFLS Season
Team:
Melbourne Seconds
Home Ground:
MCG
Team Results
Ladder Position:
2nd (W-D-L: 13-0-5, P%: 144.2)
Finals Performance:
Premiers
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams, Bill | 20 | 15 | -0- | 5 | R01-18, SF, GF |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22/04/1939 | Round 1 | Richmond (S) | AWAY | WIN | MLBS by 66 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 29/04/1939 | Round 2 | Essendon (S) | HOME | WIN | MLBS by 66 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 06/05/1939 | Round 3 | St Kilda (S) | AWAY | WIN | MLBS by 43 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 13/05/1939 | Round 4 | North Melbourne (S) | HOME | WIN | MLBS by 91 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 20/05/1939 | Round 5 | Geelong (S) | HOME | WIN | MLBS by 20 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 27/05/1939 | Round 6 | South Melbourne (S) | AWAY | WIN | MLBS by 41 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 03/06/1939 | Round 7 | Fitzroy (S) | HOME | LOSS | FITS by 4 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 10/06/1939 | Round 8 | Footscray (S) | AWAY | LOSS | FOOS by 25 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 17/06/1939 | Round 9 | Carlton (S) | HOME | WIN | MLBS by 64 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 24/06/1939 | Round 10 | Collingwood (S) | AWAY | WIN | MLBS by 16 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 01/07/1939 | Round 11 | Hawthorn (S) | HOME | WIN | MLBS by 73 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 08/07/1939 | Round 12 | Richmond (S) | HOME | LOSS | RICS by 33 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 15/07/1939 | Round 13 | Essendon (S) | AWAY | LOSS | ESSS by 20 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 22/07/1939 | Round 14 | St Kilda (S) | HOME | LOSS | STKS by 17 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 05/08/1939 | Round 15 | North Melbourne (S) | AWAY | WIN | MLBS by 103 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 12/08/1939 | Round 16 | Geelong (S) | AWAY | WIN | MLBS by 4 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 19/08/1939 | Round 17 | South Melbourne (S) | HOME | WIN | MLBS by 40 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 02/09/1939 | Round 18 | Fitzroy (S) | AWAY | WIN | MLBS by 49 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 09/09/1939 | Semi Final | Richmond (S) | AWAY | WIN | MLBS by 7 | Bill Adams | unknown |
| 28/09/1939 | Grand Final | Richmond (S) | HOME | WIN | MLBS by 29 | Bill Adams | unknown |