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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)
Date30 September 1939
StadiumMelbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance78,110
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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, 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.

  • Umpire(s) – Alan Coward and Bill Blackburn
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

1939 Grand Final on YouTube