1937 VFL Season Round 12: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 10 July 1937 between Richmond and Melbourne during round twelve of the 1937 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 Johnny Lewis as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Richmond (15.12.102) defeated Melbourne (13.10.88).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 10 July 1937
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Melbourne
Score: 15.12.102 - 13.10.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 5 . 4 10 . 10 12 . 10 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Melbourne 5 . 5 7 . 6 11 . 8 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
Margin MELB by 1 RICH by 22 RICH by 8 RICH by 14 RICH by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Perce Bentley
Coach: Perce Bentley

Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Bates, George ? ? 0 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 3 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
13 Chirgwin, Dick ? ? 0 ?
15 Cotter, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Crane, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Grant, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
22 Guinane, Danny ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 6 ?
8 Henderson, Reg ? ? 0 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
25 Scriven, Ray ? ? 0 ?
6 Sleeth, Lou ? ? 1 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 1 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 4 ?
10 Wells, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 12

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 1 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 4 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 2 ?
33 Buckley, Ted ? ? 0 ?
25 Chandler, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Coolahan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Foster, Jack ? ? 1 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 2 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Lewis, Johnny (vc) ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 1 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
27 Penberthy, Stan ? ? 0 ?
11 Reilly, Beres ? ? 1 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 1 ?
5 Truscott, Keith ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 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