1937 VFL Season Round 8: Richmond v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 12 June 1937 between Richmond and Carlton during round eight of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Carlton at Punt Road Oval. Perce Bentley captained the hosts. Jim Francis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Percy Rowe.

Richmond (14.24.108) defeated Carlton (13.19.97).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Richmond v Carlton
Date: Saturday 12 June 1937
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 27,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Carlton
Score: 14.24.108 - 13.19.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 7 7 . 16 11 . 20 14 . 24 14 . 24 (108)
Carlton 2 . 4 7 . 7 10 . 15 13 . 19 13 . 19 (97)
Margin RICH by 3 RICH by 9 RICH by 11 RICH by 11 RICH by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Perce Bentley
Coach: Perce Bentley

Carlton

Captain: Jim Francis
Coach: Percy Rowe

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Bates, George ? ? 2 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
13 Chirgwin, Dick ? ? 0 ?
15 Cotter, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Crane, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack ? ? 1 ?
32 Grant, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
22 Guinane, Danny ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 3 ?
31 Hayes, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
8 Henderson, Reg ? ? 0 ?
27 Hull, Ian ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
28 Patton, Les ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 2 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 6 ?
10 Wells, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 24

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
15 Bullen, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
29 Butler, Bert ? ? 2 ?
4 Cashin, Norm ? ? 0 ?
12 Crisp, Mickey ? ? 1 ?
10 Francis, Jim (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Gill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
11 Hale, Jack ? ? 1 ?
9 Huxtable, Eric ? ? 0 ?
20 Kuhlken, Bill ? ? 1 ?
2 McIntyre, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 McLean, Rod ? ? 0 ?
31 Neeson, Clem ? ? 0 ?
26 Park, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Price, Mick ? ? 3 ?
8 Shea, Keith ? ? 1 ?
25 Shields, Arch ? ? 0 ?
22 Vallence, Harry ? ? 3 ?
28 Wrout, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 19

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