1932 VFL Season Round 2: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 7 May 1932 between Melbourne and Richmond during round two of the 1932 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the Motordrome. Frank Vine captained the hosts with Jim Abernethy as vice-captain. Perce Bentley captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ivor Warne-Smith and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Melbourne (7.13.55) were defeated by Richmond (15.26.116).

Match Details

Season: 1932 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 7 May 1932
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Motordrome
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 7.13.55 - 15.26.116

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 4 4 . 7 6 . 12 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
Richmond 1 . 4 4 . 12 9 . 16 15 . 26 15 . 26 (116)
Margin MELB by 6 RICH by 5 RICH by 22 RICH by 61 RICH by 61
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Vine
Vice-Captain: Jim Abernethy
Coach: Ivor Warne-Smith

Richmond

Captain: Perce Bentley
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Goal Umpires

W. Johnston

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jack Dyer RICH 17 3
Frank Vine MELB 23 2
Jack Titus RICH 12 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim (vc) ? ? 0 ?
8 Adams, Bill ? ? 0 ?
7 Avery, Bert ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 1 ?
22 Conole, Reg ? ? 2 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
6 Esposito, Ted ? ? 0 ?
18 Hooper, Don ? ? 0 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
3 Margitich, George ? ? 2 ?
10 McInnes, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Nolan, Leo ? ? 2 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
19 Pemberton, Edwin ? ? 0 ?
31 Power, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Thomas, Ted ? ? 0 ?
26 Tymms, Bill ? ? 0 ?
34 Usher, Ray ? ? 0 ?
23 Vine, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 13

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Baggott, Jack ? ? 1 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Benton, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack ? ? 1 ?
11 Foster, Bert ? ? 0 ?
6 Judkins, Stan ? ? 0 ?
15 Kolb, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
27 Martin, Ray ? ? 0 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
13 Murdoch, Joe ? ? 0 ?
18 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 1 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
4 Sheahan, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
22 Stanway, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
28 Strang, Doug ? ? 0 ?
23 Strang, Gordon ? ? 7 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 5 ?
25 Zschech, Eric ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 26

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s