1937 Dockerty Cup Results
Researched by John Punshon, written by Tony Persoglia

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Sources: The Argus, The Sun, 25 years of soccer with the Brighton Soccer Football Club.

Round One

Saturday May 15 1937
Middle Park
Referee: Tommy Burns
South Melbourne
Sheppard, Walley, Gow, Thompson, R Haxby, O'Brien, Hamilton, Kerr, Howes, Campbell, Currie
Goals: Kerr x 2, Howes x 2, Hamilton
5 - 0 Collingwood
Macklin, France, Whittaker, Roden, Birrell, Fairweather, Ferneyhough, Farrer, Johnson, Mee, Inglis

Byes: 15 teams
 
Round Two

Saturday May 15 1937
Hurlingham Park, Brighton East
Referee: S Fourte
Box Hill
Brindley, Arrowsmith, Fox, Bayley, Johnson, Porter, Young, Harris, Smith, Giles, Naismith
Reserves: MacDonald
Goals: Naismith x 2, Harris
3 - 0 St David's
Baird, Honey, Gill, Nunn, E Hughes, Williams, E Owen, J Hughes, Lewis, Powell, F Owen, Mackay, Moran

Saturday May 15 1937
Referee: F Thorpe
Brighton
Le Huray, Tom Calderwood, A Fitzgerald, Don Bingham, Jack Dracup, Fraser, Stan Humphrey, S Sketcher, Duncan McDougall, Bill Peters, Crowle
Reserves: Hector Howie
Goals: Crowle x 2, Peter, McDougall, Dracup
5 - 1 Sandringham
Randall, Dennett, Aiken, Cheese, Hunter, Morris, Lathlain, Nat Greer, Norm Greer, Milliken, Leverton, Gilmour, Walker
Goal: Greer

Saturday May 15 1937
Referee: W Cains
Camberwell
Fox, Vale, Simpson, Sparey, Withey, J Wallace, Prior, D Wallace, Baillie, Thorpe, Hobson
Reserves: Woodstock
Goals: Baillie, Thorpe
2 - 1 Heidelberg
Beale, Crowther, Alexander, Shanks, Mason, McDonald, Chesters, Young, Cummings, Clarke, Shepherdly
Reserves: Jones
Goal: Chesters

Saturday May 15 1937
Flinders Naval Depot, Crib Point
Referee: C Rodger
Flinders Naval Depot
Line-up included: McGuire, Jones
Goals: McGuire, Jones
2 - 6 Prahran
Gray, W Smith, Macaulay, Howard, P McCluskey, Tom Harrison, T McCluskey, Anderson, J Baxter, R Gray, Fyfe
Reserves: Francis, Webster
Goal: Baxter x 5, Fyfe

Saturday May 15 1937
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: J Parker
Hakoah
Power, Johnstone, J Willis, Arber, Roth, Wise, Charlie Yaffe, Mackey, Orr, Thompson, Hayden, A Willis, Forrest, Lang
Goal: Mackey
1 - 2 South Yarra
Sharp, Cook, Munro, Jones, Herbert, Baxter, Wallace, Friend, Clarke, A Duff, Wilson
Reserves: Barrett, Callender
Goals: Wallace, Friend

Saturday May 15 1937
East Coburg
Referee: T Lawrence
Moreland
Parker, McFarland, Knowles, Burr, Bill Stewart, G Semple, Hawkes, Charlie Semple, Armstrong, Home, Newman, Bradd, Hutton
Goals: Home, Armstrong
2 - 1 Coburg
Pratt, Lyons, Ruddock, Sharpe, Gillies, Hessell, Peerless, Vost, Munday, Tennant, Harris
Reserves: Park, Drakeford, Sparks
Goal: Tennant

Saturday May 15 1937
Middle Park
South Melbourne United
Harry Ashworth, Ted Perrett, McLeod, Dixon, Ralph Guthrie, Fred Boast, Les Carter, Stan Dorrington, Tom Scrafton, Dave Reddish, Davis
Reserves: Short, Hiritoshi Emori (replaced Guthrie in selected team), Jack Scrafton
0 - 5 Nobels
Eric Crowe, George Weir, Tom Shaw, Jim Young, Andy Mayne, Eric Taylor, Peter Young, Bill Douglas, Jock Lyons, Bob Gray, Jimmy Robb
Reserves: Alick Fleming, D Gray
Goals: Lyons x 3, Douglas x 2

Saturday June 5 1937
Williamstown Road, Yarraville
Referee: T Lawrence
Footscray Thistle
W Morton, Fairweather, W Farrow, J Morton, Kelly, J Wilson, Cook, Pollock, Owens, Coles, Cameron
Goal: Pollock
1 - 1 South Melbourne
Sheppard, Sinclair, Gow, R Haxby, Thompson, O'Brien, Hamilton, R Wilson, Hutton, Campbell, Currie
Reserves: Howes
Goal: Hutton
 
Round Two Replays

Saturday June 12 1937
Middle Park
Referee: T Lawrence
Adandoned after 110 minutes because of failing light
South Melbourne
Sheppard, Sinclair, Gow, R Haxby, Thompson, O'Brien, Kerr, R Wilson, Hutton, Campbell, Currie
Goal: Currie
Reserves: Howes
1 - 0 Footscray Thistle
W Morton, Fairweather, W Farrow, J Wilson, Kelly, J Morton, Cook, Pollock, Owens, Cunningham, Coles

Saturday June 26 1937
Middle Park
South Melbourne
Sheppard, Sinclair, Gow, R Haxby, Thompson, O'Brien, Hutton, Kerr, R Wilson, Campbell, Currie
Reserves: Howes, Hamilton
Goals: Currie, Campbell, Howes
3 - 1 Footscray Thistle
W Morton, Fairweather, W Farrow, J Morton, Kelly, J Wilson, Cook, Coles, Pollock, Johnson, Owens
Reserves: Cunningham, Peel
Goal: Pollock
 
Round Three

Saturday July 10 1937
Hurlingham Park, Brighton East
Referee: T Lawrence
Brighton
Harry Venn, Tom Calderwood, A Fitzgerald, Jack Dracup, Hector Howie, Fraser, Stan Humphrey, Dave Smith, Bill Peters, Duncan McDougall, Don Bingham, Crowle
Goals: Calderwood, Crowle
2 - 0 Box Hill
Fenn, MacDonald, Brown, Arrowsmith, Johnson, Fox, Harris, Young, Bayley, Giles, Harris, Naismith
Reserves: Smith

Saturday July 10 1937
Referee: F Thorpe
Moreland
Parker, McFarland, Knowles, Burr, Bill Stewart, G Semple, Charlie Semple, Hawkes, Stevenson, Fraser, Home, Bradd, Gillon, Smith
0 - 0 South Yarra
Sharp, Cook, Wakefield, Jones, Herbert, Baxter, Clarke, Wallace, Wilson, Friend, A Duff
Reserves: Condon, Munro

Saturday July 10 1937
Middle Park
Referee: W Duff
South Melbourne
Sheppard, Sinclair, Gow, R Haxby, Thompson, O'Brien, Kerr, Wilson, Howes, Campbell, Currie
Reserves: Hutton, Barton
0 - 0 Prahran
Gray, W Smith, Bishton, Newman, P McCluskey, Howard, T McCluskey, Anderson, J Baxter, R Gray, Fyfe
Reserves: Goldfinch

Bye: Nobels (Camberwell had disbanded)
 
Round Three Replays

Saturday July 17 1937
Como Park
Referee: F Thorpe
South Yarra
Sharp, Cook, Wakefield, Jones, Herbert, Baxter, Wallace, Friend, Clarke, A Duff, Wilson
Reserves: Condon, Munro, Anderson
0 - 1 Moreland
Parker, McFarland, Armstrong, Burr, Bill Stewart, Charlie Semple, Hawkes, Fraser, Stevenson, Home, Bradd, Knowles
Goal: Hawkes

Saturday July 17 1937
Referee: W Duff
Prahran
Gray, W Smith, Bishton, Newman, P McCluskey, Howard, T McCluskey, Anderson, J Baxter, R Gray, Fyfe, Goldfinch
Goals: Baxter x 2, Anderson
3 - 0 South Melbourne
Sheppard, Sinclair, Gow, R Haxby, Thompson, O'Brien, Kerr, Wilson, Howes, Campbell, Currie
Reserves: Hutton, Walley
 
Semi-Finals

Saturday August 7 1937
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Nobels
Eric Crowe, George Weir, Bob Gray, Jim Young, Andy Mayne, Eric Taylor, Peter Young, Tom Higgins, Jock Lyons, Bill Douglas, Jimmy Robb
Reserves: T Morgan, Tom Shaw
Goal: B Gray 79
1 - 2 Prahran
H Gray, J Smith, Harris, W Smith, P McCluskey, Bishton, T McCluskey, Anderson, Baxter, R Gray, Craig
Reserves: Howard, Bull, Harry Pritchard
Goals: R Gray 31, Baxter

Saturday August 28 1937
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: W Duff
Moreland
Parker, McFarland, Armstrong, Burr, Stewart, Semple, Hawkes, Stevenson, Forrest, Home, Bradd
Reserves: Fraser, Piper
Goal: Hawkes
1 - 2 Brighton
Harry Venn; Tom Calderwood, J Fraser; Jack Dracup, Hector Howie, S Fraser; Stan Humphrey, Dave Smith, S Sketcher, A Fitzgerald, Bill Peters, Duncan McDougall, Ted Seares
Goals: D Smith, Fitzgerald
 
Final

Saturday September 18 1937
Olympic Park
Referee: T Lawrence
Brighton
Harry Venn; Tom Calderwood, J Fraser; Jack Dracup, S Fraser, Hector Howie; Stan Humphrey, Dave Smith, A Fitzgerald, Bill Peters, Duncan McDougall
Red Card: Duncan McDougall
Goals: Fitzgerald, S Fraser, Peters
3 - 1 Prahran
H Gray, W Smith, Bishton, J Smith, P McCluskey, Harris, T McCluskey, Anderson, Baxter, R Gray, Fyfe
Reserves: Bull, Howard, Craig, Harry Pritchard
Red Cards: W Smith, T McCluskey
Goal: Baxter

Last updated: 6 January 2022.