1938 VFL Grand Final

Team	1	2	3	Final
Carlton	3.2	7.6	11.9	15.10 (100)
Collingwood	3.1	4.4	8.5	13.7 (85)

The 1938 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 24 September 1938. It was the 42nd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1938 VFL season. The match was won by Carlton by a margin of 15 points, marking that club's sixth premiership victory and first since winning the 1915 VFL Grand Final.

This Grand Final was attended by 96,486 spectators, easily the largest crowd to have witnessed a premiership decider in VFL Grand Final history. The record stood for 18 years, until it was eventually broken by the crowd attendance at the 1956 VFL Grand Final.

Teams

Carlton
B:	Don McIntyre	Frank Gill	Jim Park
HB:	Frank Anderson	Jim Francis	Bob Chitty
C:	Jack Carney	Mickey Crisp	Bob Green
HF:	Paul Schmidt	Jack Wrout	Harry Vallence
F:	Rod McLean	Ken Baxter	Mick Price
Foll:	Brighton Diggins	Harry Hollingshead	Jack Hale
Reserve(s):	Charlie McInnes
Coach:	Brighton Diggins

Collingwood
B:	Don Balfour	Jack Regan	Bervyn Woods
HB:	Jack Ross	Marcus Boyall	Fred Froude
C:	Ron Dowling	Marcus Whelan	Leo Morgan
HF:	Phonse Kyne	Gordon Hocking	Vin Doherty
F:	Jack Knight	Ron Todd	Alby Pannam
Foll:	Albert Collier (c)	Alan Williams	Des Fothergill
Reserve(s):	Jack Carmody
Coach:	Jock McHale

Umpire - Bill Blackburn

Statistics

Goalkickers

Carlton:

J Wrout 4
K Baxter 3
J Hale 2
P Schmidt 2
M Crisp 1
B Green 1
M Price 1
H Vallence 1

Collingwood:

D Fothergill 4
R Todd 3
V Doherty 2
A Pannam 2
J Knight 1
P Kyne 1

References

AFL Tables: 1938 Grand Final

Victorian/Australian Football League Grand Finals

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Carlton Football Club 1938 VFL Premiers

Carlton 15.10 (100) defeated Collingwood 13.7 (85), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 5. Diggins 1. Anderson 2. McIntyre 4. Baxter 6. Chitty 7. Carney 10. Francis 11. Hale 12. Crisp 14. McLean 17. Hollingshead 21. Gill 22. Vallence 23. Schmidt 26. Park 28. Wrout 30. Price 31. McInnes 32. Green

Coach: Diggins

Carlton Football Club

History Premierships & Records Players Captains Coaches Awards John Nicholls Medal Leading Goalkickers Captain: Marc Murphy Coach: Mick Malthouse Nickname: Blues

Stadiums	Melbourne Cricket Ground Etihad Stadium Visy Park

Premierships	1871 1873 1874 1875 1877 1887 1906 1907 1908 1914 1915 1938 1945 1947 1968 1970 1972 1979 1981 1982 1987 1995

Seasons	1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Related articles	Carlton–Collingwood AFL rivalry Carlton–Essendon AFL rivalry Peter Mac Cup Richard Pratt Cup 2002 salary cap breach

Collingwood Football Club

History Records Current squad Players Captains Coaches Awards Copeland Trophy Leading Goalkickers Captain: Scott Pendlebury Coach: Nathan Buckley Nickname: Magpies

Home grounds	Melbourne Cricket Ground (1992–present) Etihad Stadium (2000–present) Victoria Park (1897–1999)

Premierships (15)	1902 1903 1910 1917 1919 1927 1928 1929 1930 1935 1936 1953 1958 1990 2010

Seasons (119)	1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Awards	Peter Mac Cup Richard Pratt Cup Robert Rose Cup Westpac Community Cup Jason McCartney Medal Copeland Trophy Harry Collier Trophy Joseph Wren Memorial Trophy Gavin Brown Award

Related articles	VFL team Carlton–Collingwood AFL rivalry Anzac Day clash Queen's Birthday clash Colliwobbles Eddie McGuire Joffa Corfe New York Magpies

1938 VFL Grand Final

Teams

Statistics

Goalkickers

References

See also