1935 VFL Season Round 15: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 17 August 1935 between Melbourne and Richmond during round fifteen of the 1935 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. In the absence of Colin Niven, vice-captain Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts. Perce Bentley captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Melbourne (10.8.68) were defeated by Richmond (10.15.75).

Match Details

Season: 1935 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 17 August 1935
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 27,572

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 10.8.68 - 10.15.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 1 5 . 5 5 . 6 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Richmond 2 . 5 6 . 8 8 . 14 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Margin RICH by 10 RICH by 9 RICH by 26 RICH by 7 RICH by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine (acting)
Coach: Frank Hughes

Richmond

Captain: Perce Bentley
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 3 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 1 ?
10 Bennett, Jack ? ? 1 ?
5 Deague, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
14 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 2 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (ac) ? ? 0 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
9 Longhurst, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
28 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
11 Meehl, Sid ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 2 ?
35 Taylor, Bert ? ? 0 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 8

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Baggott, Jack ? ? 1 ?
2 Baxter, Dave ? ? 1 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 1 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
29 Chirgwin, Dick ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack ? ? 1 ?
7 Edmonds, Horrie ? ? 1 ?
11 Foster, Bert ? ? 3 ?
8 Geddes, Allan ? ? 0 ?
22 Guinane, Danny ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 0 ?
27 Martin, Ray ? ? 1 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
13 Murdoch, Joe ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
23 Strang, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 1 ?
25 Zschech, Eric ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 15

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