1939 VFL Grand Final

Team 1 2 3 Final
Melbourne 3.5 10.10 15.14 21.22 (148)
Collingwood 6.5 10.6 13.9 14.11 (95)

The 1939 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 30 September 1939. It was the 43rd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1939 VFL season. The match, attended by 78,110 spectators, was won by Melbourne by a margin of 53 points, marking that club's third premiership victory and first since winning the 1926 VFL Grand Final.

Teams

Melbourne
B: Richie Emselle Jack Mueller Rowley Fischer
HB: Dick Hingston Gordon Jones Frank Roberts
C: Ray Wartman Allan La Fontaine (c) Syd Anderson
HF: Keith Truscott Ron Baggott Les Jones
F: Harold Ball Norm Smith Alby Rodda
Foll: Ron Kimberley Jack Furniss Percy Beames
Reserve(s): Jack O'Keefe
Coach: Checker Hughes
Collingwood
B: Gordon Hocking Jack Regan Jack Murphy
HB: Jack Ross Alan Williams Don Balfour
C: Pat Fricker Marcus Whelan Norm Campbell
HF: Cliff MacRae Phonse Kyne Vin Doherty
F: Jack Knight Ron Todd Des Fothergill
Foll: Albert Collier Bervyn Woods Harry Collier (c)
Reserve(s): Jack Green
Coach: Jock McHale

Statistics

Goalkickers

Melbourne:

  • P Beames 4
  • A Rodda 4
  • L Jones 3
  • H Ball 2
  • J Mueller 2
  • K Truscott 2
  • R Baggott 1
  • A La Fontaine 1
  • N Smith 1
  • R Wartman 1

Collingwood:

  • R Todd 6
  • D Fothergill 3
  • J Knight 2
  • D Balfour 1
  • V Doherty 1
  • C McCrae 1

References

See also

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