1939 VFL Grand Final
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1939 VFL Grand Final
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Final |
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| 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.
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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
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Collingwood:
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References
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