1935 VFL Season Round 4: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 18 May 1935 between Richmond and Melbourne during round four of the 1935 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Perce Bentley captained the hosts. Colin Niven captained the visitors with Allan La Fontaine as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Richmond (18.20.128) defeated Melbourne (14.8.92).

Match Details

Season: 1935 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 18 May 1935
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Melbourne
Score: 18.20.128 - 14.8.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 4 9 . 12 14 . 15 18 . 20 18 . 20 (128)
Melbourne 5 . 4 7 . 4 12 . 8 14 . 8 14 . 8 (92)
Margin MELB by 6 RICH by 20 RICH by 19 RICH by 36 RICH by 36
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Perce Bentley
Coach: Perce Bentley

Melbourne

Captain: Colin Niven
Vice-Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Frood

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Baxter, Dave ? ? 2 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 2 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
29 Chirgwin, Dick ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack ? ? 1 ?
7 Edmonds, Horrie ? ? 3 ?
11 Foster, Bert ? ? 0 ?
8 Geddes, Allan ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 1 ?
33 Heifner, Fred ? ? 0 ?
32 Jordon, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
6 Judkins, Stan ? ? 0 ?
27 Martin, Ray ? ? 1 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
13 Murdoch, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Sheahan, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
28 Strang, Doug ? ? 0 ?
23 Strang, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 8 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 18 20

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Ball, Jock ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 1 ?
5 Deague, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 2 ?
30 Foster, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 4 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
25 Kelly, Frank ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (vc) ? ? 0 ?
22 Libbis, Billy ? ? 3 ?
9 Longhurst, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
11 Meehl, Sid ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 1 ?
2 Niven, Colin (c) ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
6 Roberts, Archie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Bert ? ? 1 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 8

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