1939 VFL grand final

Grand final of the 1939 Victorian Football League season December 2017 December 2017 February 2022 1939 VFL 50px 21.22 (148) 50px 14.11 (95) MEL COLL 3.5 (23) 10.10 (70) 15.14 (104) 21.22 (148) 6.5 (41) 10.6 (66) 13.9 (87) 14.11 (95) 30 September 1939 78,110 Melbourne Cricket Ground 1938 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 _red_v_top 061A33 ffffff ff0000 Melbourne _blackstripes ffffff 000000 000000 Collingwood #CC2031 Melbourne Melbourne Football Club #061A33 Richie Emselle Jack Mueller Rowley Fischer Dick Hingston Gordon Jones Frank Roberts Ray Wartman Allan La Fontaine (c) Syd Anderson Keith Truscott Ron Baggott Les Jones Harold Ball Norm Smith Alby Rodda Ron Kimberley Jack Furniss Percy Beames Jack O'Keefe Checker Hughes #FFFFFF Collingwood Collingwood Football Club #000000 Gordon Hocking Jack Regan Jack Murphy Jack Ross Alan Williams Don Balfour Pat Fricker Marcus Whelan Norm Campbell Cliff MacRae Phonse Kyne Vin Doherty Jack Knight Ron Todd Des Fothergill Albert Collier Bervyn Woods Harry Collier (c) Jack Green Jock McHale Umpire(s) – Alan Coward and Bill Blackburn Statistics Goalkickers thumb|right|300px|Melbourne FC, premier team 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 1Collingwood: R Todd 6 D Fothergill 3 J Knight 2 D Balfour 1 V Doherty 1 C McCrae 1 See also 1939 VFL season References AFL Tables: 1939 Grand Final External links exITiVjbyg8 1939 Grand Final Grand final Category:VFL/AFL Grand Finals Category:Melbourne Football Club Category:Collingwood Football Club VFL grand final