1939 VFL grand final explained

Year:1939
Competition:VFL
Home:
Home Score:21.22 (148)
Away:
Away Score:14.11 (95)
Home Abbr:MEL
Away Abbr:COLL
Home Qtr1:3.5 (23)
Home Qtr2:10.10 (70)
Home Qtr3:15.14 (104)
Home Qtr4:21.22 (148)
Away Qtr1:6.5 (41)
Away Qtr2:10.6 (66)
Away Qtr3:13.9 (87)
Away Qtr4:14.11 (95)
Date:30 September 1939
Attendance:78,110
Stadium:Melbourne Cricket Ground
Last:1938
Next:1940

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 41st annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1939 VFL season.

The match

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.

The teams

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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

See also

References