Round 10, 1937
Fitzroy vs Melbourne
Saturday 26 June
Venue: Brunswick Street
Attendance: 16,000
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final | |
| Fitzroy | 1.3 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 7.8.50 |
| Melbourne | 4.7 | 5.11 | 7.17 | 11.23.89 |
Melbourne win by 39 points
Goalkickers: Percy Beames 5, Ron Baggott 4, Les Jones 2
Milestones:
First Game
Jack Coolahan
50 Games
Bert Chandler (also with Hawthorn)
The Demons bounced back from their first loss of the season despite Norm Smith kicking 0.7. They might have kicked themselves out of the contest, but the tight hold the Melbourne defence had on the home side allowed them to be wasteful without cost.
Fitzroy went in as favourites, but conceded first goal in the opening seconds through Beames. They were wasteful for the rest of the quarter, kicking four goals from 11 scoring shots. Fitzroy launched a number of attacks early, but often ran into Jack Mueller in defence. They kicked five goals to two in the third quarter, their best of the day, but were too far behind to make an impact in the last term.
Best were Mueller, La Fontaine and Ogden.
Seconds
Fitzroy 13.12 d. Melbourne 11.12
Notes
The Age reported Fitzroy 'drew level with Melbourne just before the interval', which is contrary to official records.
Media
Herald - 25/06/1937
Age - 25/06/1937
Age - 28/06/1937
Argus - 28/06/1937
Football Record R11 1937