1938 VFL Season: Richmond

Season Team Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Team: Richmond
Home Ground: Punt Road Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 10-0-8, P%: 111.8%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 31
Brownlow Leader(s): Kevin O'Neill (10)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack Titus (72)
Jack Dyer Medal Recipient(s): Jack Dyer

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Perce Bentley

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bates, George #4 8 R01, R04, R06, R12-R15, R17 0
Bentley, Perce #1 17 R01-R04, R06-R18 32
Bolger, Martin #9 18 R01-R18 0
Brett, Stan #34 9 R05-R08, R10-R11, R13-R14, R16 5
Broman, Alby #33 2 R07, R11 0
Burgmann, Jack #11 1 R15 0
Chirgwin, Dick #13 18 R01-R18 0
Cotter, Jack #15 18 R01-R18 0
Crane, Jack #18 18 R01-R18 0
Cummings, Claude #35 1 R16 0
Dickson, Norm #14 8 R08-R10, R14-R18 8
Dyer, Jack #17 17 R01-R10, R12-R18 15
Edwards, Bert #2 14 R05-R18 5
Grant, Geoff #32 1 R04 0
Guinane, Danny #22 16 R01-R10, R12-R17 0
Harris, Dick #20 18 R01-R18 41
Henderson, Reg #8 10 R01-R07, R09, R11, R18 4
Hull, Ian #27 17 R02-R18 18
Jenkins, Billy #3 3 R01-R03 0
MacBeth, Jim #30 4 R01-R03, R11 0
Martin, Ray #7 15 R01-R15 10
McCrory, Alan #26 5 R01-R04, R18 2
O'Neill, Kevin #16 17 R01-R10, R12-R18 0
Priestley, Charlie #11 6 R11-R13, R16-R18 1
Scriven, Ray #25 1 R05 0
Sleeth, Lou #6 7 R01-R02, R04-R05, R07, R17-R18 8
Smeaton, George #24 14 R01-R03, R08-R18 6
Smith, Harry #28 8 R05-R12 2
Strang, Gordon #23 18 R01-R18 6
Symons, Jack #19 15 R03-R06, R08-R18 18
Titus, Jack #12 18 R01-R18 72

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Bentley, Perce 18 10 -0- 8 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
23/04/1938 Round 1 North Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 77 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
30/04/1938 Round 2 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 1 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
07/05/1938 Round 3 Collingwood HOME WIN RIC by 10 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
14/05/1938 Round 4 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 10 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
21/05/1938 Round 5 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 3 Perce Bentley Jack Titus
28/05/1938 Round 6 Geelong HOME WIN RIC by 29 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
04/06/1938 Round 7 Fitzroy AWAY WIN RIC by 7 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
13/06/1938 Round 8 South Melbourne AWAY WIN RIC by 73 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
18/06/1938 Round 9 Essendon HOME WIN RIC by 5 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
25/06/1938 Round 10 Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 21 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
02/07/1938 Round 11 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 52 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
09/07/1938 Round 12 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 4 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
23/07/1938 Round 13 Carlton HOME WIN RIC by 41 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
30/07/1938 Round 14 Collingwood AWAY WIN RIC by 13 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
06/08/1938 Round 15 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 3 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
13/08/1938 Round 16 Hawthorn HOME WIN RIC by 49 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
20/08/1938 Round 17 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 53 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley
27/08/1938 Round 18 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 15 Perce Bentley Perce Bentley