1939 VFL Grand Final
Melbourne
Collingwood
21.22 (148)
14.11 (95)
1
2
3
4
MEL
3.5 (23)
10.10 (70)
15.14 (104)
21.22 (148)
COLL
6.5 (41)
10.6 (66)
13.9 (87)
14.11 (95)
Date 30 September 1939 Stadium Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance 78,110
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 [ ]
Umpire - Alan Coward/Bill Blackburn
Statistics [ ]
Goalkickers [ ]
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 1
Collingwood :
R Todd 6
D Fothergill 3
J Knight 2
D Balfour 1
V Doherty 1
C McCrae 1
See also [ ]
References [ ]
External links [ ]
1939 Grand Final on YouTube
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
AFL coach: Simon Goodwin
AFL captain: Max Gawn
AFLW coach: Mick Stinear
AFLW captain: Daisy Pearce
VFL/AFL home grounds
Melbourne Cricket Ground (1897–1941; 1946–)
Punt Road Oval (1942–45)
AFLW home grounds VFL/AFL premierships (13) Seasons (147) Related articles Melbourne did not field a team from 1916–18 due to the First World War
AFL coach: Craig McRae
AFL captain: Scott Pendlebury
AFLW coach: Stephen Symonds
AFLW captains: Steph Chiocci & Brianna Davey
VFL/AFL home grounds
Victoria Park (1897–1999)
Melbourne Cricket Ground (2000–)
AFLW home grounds
Olympic Park Oval (2017–2018)
Victoria Park (2019–)
VFL/AFL premierships (15) Seasons (130) Related articles
Clubs
Adelaide
Brisbane Lions
Carlton
Collingwood
Essendon
Fremantle
Geelong
Gold Coast
Greater Western Sydney
Hawthorn
Melbourne
North Melbourne
Port Adelaide
Richmond
St Kilda
Sydney
West Coast
Western Bulldogs
Seasons Grand finals Venues
Adelaide Oval
Bellerive Oval
Carrara Stadium
Docklands Stadium
Eureka Stadium
The Gabba
Jiangwan Stadium
Kardinia Park
Manuka Oval
Marrara Oval
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Perth Stadium
Riverway Stadium
Sydney Cricket Ground
Sydney Showground Stadium
Traeger Park
York Park
Awards Major recurring events Second-tier and junior competitions
AFL Under 18 Championships
NAB League
North East Australian Football League
South Australian National Football League
Victorian Football League
West Australian Football League
Former clubs Related articles Known as the Victorian Football League from 1897–1989; no grand finals were held in 1897 and 1924