1937 VFL Season Round 2: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 1 May 1937 between Richmond and Footscray during round two of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at Punt Road Oval. Perce Bentley captained the hosts. Sid Dockendorff captained the visitors with Norm Ware as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Syd Coventry.

Richmond (17.15.117) defeated Footscray (12.11.83).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 1 May 1937
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Footscray
Score: 17.15.117 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 1 8 . 6 10 . 10 17 . 15 17 . 15 (117)
Footscray 6 . 3 7 . 4 10 . 8 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Margin FOOT by 26 RICH by 8 RICH by 2 RICH by 34 RICH by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Perce Bentley
Coach: Perce Bentley

Footscray

Captain: Sid Dockendorff
Vice-Captain: Norm Ware
Coach: Syd Coventry

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 2 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
15 Cotter, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Dickson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
32 Grant, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
22 Guinane, Danny ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 5 ?
31 Hayes, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
8 Henderson, Reg ? ? 0 ?
27 Hull, Ian ? ? 0 ?
3 Maple, Alan ? ? 2 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 2 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
25 Scriven, Ray ? ? 0 ?
6 Sleeth, Lou ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 2 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 3 ?
29 Uwins, Frank ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 15

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
27 Dockendorff, Sid (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 Eason, Dick ? ? 1 ?
9 Evans, Roy ? ? 0 ?
16 Ferguson, Artie ? ? 0 ?
25 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
13 Hallahan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
15 Mitchell, Col ? ? 0 ?
2 Morrison, Alby ? ? 1 ?
8 O'Brien, Bernie ? ? 2 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 4 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
10 Shields, Clarrie ? ? 1 ?
6 Standfield, Paul ? ? 2 ?
4 Ware, Norm (vc) ? ? 1 ?
34 White, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 11

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