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1937 Seconds Season

Players included Bill Adams, Sid Anderson, Fred Backway, Jock Ball, Jack Bennett, Ray Bond, Buldt, Jack Coolahan, Daley, Bill Deague, Richie Emselle, C. Fairbairn, Ken Feltscheer, Jack Foster, Jack Furniss, Eric Glass, Gray, Hulme, Jones, Joe Kinnear, Jack Maher, Mahon, Fred Matthews, Jack McDonagh, Geoff McNaughton, Mill, Bob Miller, Milne, Jim Munday, Hugh Murnane, Oakley, Frank Pierce, Bill Ralston, Ted Regan, Beres Reilly, Alf Steele, Don Stewart, Keith Truscott, Waters, Colin Wilcox and Young

Matches

Practice Match - Saturday 3 April vs Preston

Result unknown

Selected team
B: Pearson, Park, Deague
HB: Ball, McNaughton, Russell
C: Longhurst, Bennett, N. Matthews
HF: Coolahan, Gordon, Graham
F: Waters, F. Matthews, Backway
Foll: Ralson, Livingston, Francis

Ledwidge and Young were due to play after half time

Practice Match
Saturday 10 April vs Williamstown
Melbourne d. Williamstown
Newspaper scores given show Melbourne 5.2, 8.6, 9.9. 7.10 and Williamstown 3.2, 4.5, 5.7, 9.10 with Melbourne winning so there is a typo for Melbourne's score.

Selected team
B: Pearson, McCoy, Deague
HB: Ball, McNaughton, Russell
C: Longhurst, Bennett, N. Matthews
HF: Young, Bawden, Barassi
F: Mill, F. Matthews, Ferraro
Foll: Coolahan, Adams, Backway
Emg: Hurley, Miller, Maher, Wilcox

Practice match - Saturday 17 April - Ivanhoe
vs Ivanhoe Amateurs

Round 1 - Saturday 24 April
Melbourne 17.18 d. Richmond 15.9
Goals - Matthews 8, Adams 2, Munday 2, Feltscheer 2, Ball 1, Deague 1, Foster 1
Best - Feltscheer, Munday, Buldt

Round 2 - Saturday 1 May
Melbourne 17.10 d. Essendon 12.6
Goals - Matthews 4, Truscott 3, Munday 3, Foster 3, Ralston 2, Ball 1, Deague 1
Best - Coulahan, Jones, Maher

Round 3 - Saturday 8 May
Melbourne 13.11 d. Carlton 10.8

Round 4 - Saturday 15 May
Melbourne 16.9 d. St Kilda 10.10
Goals - Matthews 8, Foster 4, Adams 1, Backway 1, Coolahan 1, Gray 1
Best - Foster, Matthews

Round 5 - Saturday 22 May
Collingwood 9.16.70 d. Melbourne 9.8.62

Round 6 - Saturday 29 May
Melbourne 17.18 d. Footscray 9.8
Goals - Bennett 4, Munday 3, Stewart 2, Coolahan 1, Reilly 1, Ball 1, Anderson 1, Waters 1, McDonagh 1, Backway 1, Emselle 1
Best - Emselle, Coolahan, Reilly

Round 7 - Saturday 5 June
Melbourne 8.17 d. North Melbourne 6.5

Round 8 - Saturday 12 June
Melbourne 19.13 d. Hawthorn 12.18

Round 9 - Saturday 19 June
Geelong 15.9 d. Melbourne 8.13

Round 10 - Saturday 26 June
Fitzroy 13.12 d. Melbourne 11.12

Round 11 - Saturday 3 July
Melbourne 10.11 d. South Melbourne 6.14

Round 12 - Saturday 10 July
Melbourne 12.11 d. Richmond 10.13

Round 13 - Saturday 17 July
Melbourne 18.15 d. Essendon 8.5

Round 14 - Saturday 24 July
Carlton 18.9 d. Melbourne 10.17
Goals - Anderson 2, Regan 2, Reiffel 1, Bennett 1, Coolahan 1, Oakley 1, Adams 1, Truscott 1
Best - Regan, McDonagh, Coolahan

Round 15 - Saturday 31 July
Melbourne 15.14 d. St Kilda 12.15

Round 16 - Saturday 14 August
Collingwood 14.16 d. Melbourne 11.12

Round 17 - Saturday 21 August
Melbourne 14.12 d. Footscray 8.14

Round 18 - Saturday 28 August
Melbourne 27.18 d. North Melbourne 4.7
Goals - Backway 6, Unknown 21

1937 Seconds Semi Final - Saturday 11 September
Collingwood 11.11.77 d. Melbourne 9.18.72
Goals - Anderson 2, Munday 2, Ball 1, Oakley 1, Backway 1, Bennett 1
Best - Backway, Anderson, Regan

Notes
Jones is not Les Jones. Mahon may be Jack Maher. Young may be Dave Young.

Media
Age - 16/04/1937