1937 VFL Season Round 13: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 17 July 1937 between Footscray and Richmond during round thirteen of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Richmond at Western Oval. Alby Morrison captained the hosts with Norm Ware as vice-captain. Perce Bentley captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Footscray (11.9.75) were defeated by Richmond (12.6.78).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 17 July 1937
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Richmond
Score: 11.9.75 - 12.6.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 6 4 . 7 9 . 9 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Richmond 0 . 1 5 . 5 8 . 5 12 . 6 12 . 6 (78)
Margin FOOT by 29 RICH by 4 FOOT by 10 RICH by 3 RICH by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Alby Morrison
Vice-Captain: Norm Ware
Coach: Joe Kelly (caretaker)

Richmond

Captain: Perce Bentley
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. McDermott

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Evans, Roy ? ? 0 ?
25 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
33 Flynne, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
34 Le Sueur, Bennie ? ? 0 ?
7 Livingstone, Stan ? ? 0 ?
28 Luke, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
14 McCrae, Cliff ? ? 0 ?
16 McLure, Lindsay ? ? 0 ?
35 Menzies, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Morrison, Alby (c) ? ? 2 ?
8 O'Brien, Bernie ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 4 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 0 ?
23 Porter, Roy ? ? 1 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 1 ?
6 Standfield, Paul ? ? 0 ?
31 Thoms, Jim ? ? 2 ?
4 Ware, Norm (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 9

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Bates, George ? ? 0 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 2 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
13 Chirgwin, Dick ? ? 0 ?
15 Cotter, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Crane, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack ? ? 2 ?
32 Grant, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
22 Guinane, Danny ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 1 ?
8 Henderson, Reg ? ? 2 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 1 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
6 Sleeth, Lou ? ? 1 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 1 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 2 ?
9 Uwins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Wells, Billy ? ? 0 ?
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