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

Umpire - Alan Coward/Bill Blackburn

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

AFL Tables: 1939 Grand Final

Victorian/Australian Football League Grand Finals

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Melbourne Football Club 1939 VFL premiers

Melbourne 21.22 (148) defeated Collingwood 14.11 (95), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

1. G. Jones 4. Smith 5. Truscott 8. Fischer 9. Emselle 11. Ball 12. Mueller 13. L. Jones 15. Baggott 17. La Fontaine (c) 19. Roberts 21. Kimberley 23. Wartman 24. Beames 26. Furniss 29. O'Keefe 30. Rodda 32. Hingston 36. Anderson

Coach: Hughes

Melbourne Football Club

History Club honours Current squad Players Coaches Captains Honour board Awards Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal Leading goalkickers Captain: Nathan Jones Coach: Paul Roos Nickname: Demons

Home grounds	Melbourne Cricket Ground (1859–1915; 1919–41; 1946–present) Friendly Societies' Ground (1885–90) Motordrome (1932) Punt Road Oval (1942–46)

Premierships (12)	1900 1926 1939 1940 1941 1948 1955 1956 1957 1959 1960 1964

Seasons (156)	1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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Melbourne did not field a team from 1916–18 due to the First World War

Collingwood Football Club

History Records Current squad Players Captains Coaches Awards Copeland Trophy Leading Goalkickers Captain: Scott Pendlebury Coach: Nathan Buckley Nickname: Magpies

Home grounds	Melbourne Cricket Ground (1992–present) Etihad Stadium (2000–present) Victoria Park (1897–1999)

Premierships (15)	1902 1903 1910 1917 1919 1927 1928 1929 1930 1935 1936 1953 1958 1990 2010

Seasons (119)	1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Awards	Copeland Trophy

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1939 VFL Grand Final

Teams

Statistics

Goalkickers

References

See also