1937 VFL Season Round 6: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 29 May 1937 between Richmond and Geelong during round six of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Geelong at Punt Road Oval. Perce Bentley captained the hosts. Reg Hickey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Richmond (15.19.109) defeated Geelong (12.6.78).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Richmond v Geelong
Date: Saturday 29 May 1937
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 17,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Geelong
Score: 15.19.109 - 12.6.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 0 . 1 6 . 5 11 . 11 15 . 19 15 . 19 (109)
Geelong 4 . 2 6 . 3 6 . 5 12 . 6 12 . 6 (78)
Margin GEEL by 25 RICH by 2 RICH by 36 RICH by 31 RICH by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Perce Bentley
Coach: Perce Bentley

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 7 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
13 Chirgwin, Dick ? ? 0 ?
15 Cotter, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Crane, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Grant, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 5 ?
31 Hayes, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
8 Henderson, Reg ? ? 0 ?
27 Hull, Ian ? ? 1 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
25 Scriven, Ray ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 1 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 1 ?
10 Wells, Billy ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 19

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 2 ?
5 Evans, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
23 Glenister, Norm ? ? 3 ?
25 Hardiman, Les ? ? 2 ?
27 Hardiman, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 Hawking, Fred ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Hore, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
11 Johnson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
22 Metherell, Jack ? ? 3 ?
31 Miller, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 0 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Slack, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
26 Wills, Jim ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 6

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