1941 VFL Season Round 16: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 1941 between Melbourne and Collingwood during round sixteen of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts. Jack Regan captained the visitors with Phonse Kyne as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Melbourne (17.8.110) defeated Collingwood (11.21.87).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 16 August 1941
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 30,544

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Collingwood
Score: 17.8.110 - 11.21.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 1 9 . 4 13 . 5 17 . 8 17 . 8 (110)
Collingwood 1 . 8 5 . 12 10 . 18 11 . 21 11 . 21 (87)
Margin MELB by 5 MELB by 16 MELB by 5 MELB by 23 MELB by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Coach: Frank Hughes

Collingwood

Captain: Jack Regan
Vice-Captain: Phonse Kyne
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 2 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 0 ?
28 Cordner, Ted ? ? 0 ?
27 Daly, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 2 ?
34 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 1 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
1 Heal, Stan ? ? 2 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 1 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 4 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 4 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 8

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Campbell, Norm ? ? 0 ?
32 Coventry, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
7 Fricker, Pat ? ? 0 ?
31 Green, Jack ? ? 1 ?
12 Knott, Dan ? ? 0 ?
2 Kyne, Phonse (vc) ? ? 0 ?
34 Lambert, Harry ? ? 2 ?
13 Main, Les ? ? 0 ?
17 McHale, John ? ? 0 ?
16 Murphy, Jack ? ? 1 ?
20 Noonan, Bill ? ? 1 ?
22 Pannam, Alby ? ? 1 ?
1 Regan, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 Richards, Lou ? ? 3 ?
25 Ryan, Ted ? ? 0 ?
26 Smith, Ron ? ? 0 ?
27 Unwin, Bill ? ? 0 ?
28 Whelan, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
29 Williams, Alan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 21

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