Round 7, 1936
Collingwood vs Melbourne
Saturday 13 June
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 11,250
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final | |
| Collingwood | 4.0 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 14.5.89 |
| Melbourne | 4.2 | 7.6 | 9.10 | 9.13.67 |
Collingwood win by 22 points
Goalkickers: Les Jones 3, Eric Glass 2, Norm Smith 2, Jack Foster 1, Ray Wartman 1
Milestones:
First game
Ron Barassi
Melbourne had won two games in a row to sneak into equal fourth place, and earned more respect in a fighting loss against the unbeaten Magpies. The visitors beat their opponents with pace, and played a more vigorous game early on. The Pies had been known for rushing to large leads early in games, but ran into surprising resistance from the Melbourne defence, who defused a number of attacks and kept the ball on the wing throughout the first quarter, stopping Collingwood from taking advantage of the breeze and leaving the visitors surprisingly two points in front at quarter time.
With the first two goals of the second quarter, Melbourne's lead was out to 12 points at half time but they'd blown a number of promising attacks during the term through excessive handball and failed to take full advantage of their good early performance.
A winning ruck division and strong wing play saw Melbourne peppering Collingwood's goal early in the third but they were unable to break through for full reward until Smith kicked the first of the term to extend the lead to three goals. Halfway through the quarter they had kicked 1.4 while Collingwood had gone forward twice for two goals.
Melbourne carried a 16 point lead into the last quarter, and a number of positional changes made by Collingwood didn't have immediate impact. The visitors might have sealed the game if they'd converted either of two missed shots - including Smith from 15 yards out - but after 10 minutes the Pies livened up. Four goals in five minutes won them the game. Defeat left Melbourne a game outside the top four.
Best were Wartman, Fischer and Mueller. In his first senior call up, Barassi was an unused 19th man. N. Smith replaced Taylor (groin) in the selected side.
Seconds
Melbourne 9.9 d. Collingwood 4.12
Goals - Milne 2, Mill 2, Unknown 5
Best - Emselle, Truscott, Adams
Media
Sun - 10/06/1936
Herald - 12/06/1936, 15/06/1936
Sporting Globe - 13/06/1939
Labor Call - 18/06/1936
Football Record - R8 1936
Australasian - 20/06/1936