1936 VFL Season Round 11: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 18 July 1936 between Richmond and Melbourne during round eleven of the 1936 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Perce Bentley captained the hosts. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors with Percy Beames as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Richmond (15.13.103) were defeated by Melbourne (17.10.112).

Match Details

Season: 1936 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 18 July 1936
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 18,500

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Melbourne
Score: 15.13.103 - 17.10.112

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 4 8 . 8 12 . 12 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Melbourne 4 . 2 7 . 5 12 . 7 17 . 10 17 . 10 (112)
Margin RICH by 2 RICH by 9 RICH by 5 MELB by 9 MELB by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Perce Bentley
Coach: Perce Bentley

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Vice-Captain: Percy Beames
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Baxter, Dave ? ? 3 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 4 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
29 Chirgwin, Dick ? ? 0 ?
15 Cotter, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Guinane, Danny ? ? 0 ?
27 Hull, Ian ? ? 0 ?
32 Jordon, Clarrie ? ? 1 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 1 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
13 Murdoch, Joe ? ? 0 ?
5 O'Brien, Cyril ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
25 Scriven, Ray ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 6 ?
10 Wells, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 13

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Beames, Percy (vc) ? ? 1 ?
5 Deague, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 1 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 4 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Kinnear, Joe ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Lewis, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
28 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 1 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
2 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 5 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 3 ?
35 Taylor, Bert ? ? 1 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 10

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