1937 VFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 1937 between Melbourne and Richmond during round one of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts with Johnny Lewis as vice-captain. Perce Bentley captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Melbourne (14.8.92) defeated Richmond (9.12.66).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 24 April 1937
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 19,726

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 14.8.92 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 7 . 3 9 . 5 10 . 7 14 . 8 14 . 8 (92)
Richmond 2 . 3 2 . 9 6 . 10 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin MELB by 30 MELB by 38 MELB by 21 MELB by 26 MELB by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Vice-Captain: Johnny Lewis
Coach: Frank Hughes

Richmond

Captain: Perce Bentley
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. McDermott

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 1 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 7 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Kinnear, Joe ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Lewis, Johnny (vc) ? ? 1 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
28 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
2 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 2 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 2 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 8

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
15 Cotter, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Dickson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Grant, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
22 Guinane, Danny ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 2 ?
31 Hayes, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
8 Henderson, Reg ? ? 0 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 1 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
28 Patton, Les ? ? 0 ?
25 Scriven, Ray ? ? 2 ?
6 Sleeth, Lou ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 4 ?
33 Wilson, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 12

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