1937 VFL Season Round 14: Richmond v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 July 1937 between Richmond and South Melbourne during round fourteen of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted South Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Perce Bentley captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Roy Cazaly.

Richmond (16.23.119) defeated South Melbourne (13.11.89).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Richmond v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 24 July 1937
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. South Melbourne
Score: 16.23.119 - 13.11.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 7 . 11 10 . 15 15 . 20 16 . 23 16 . 23 (119)
South Melbourne 0 . 1 4 . 6 8 . 7 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Margin RICH by 52 RICH by 45 RICH by 55 RICH by 30 RICH by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Perce Bentley
Coach: Perce Bentley

South Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Roy Cazaly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Rooney

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 ? ? 1 ?
32 Grant, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
22 Guinane, Danny ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 2 ?
8 Henderson, Reg ? ? 0 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 2 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
25 Scriven, Ray ? ? 0 ?
6 Sleeth, Lou ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 8 ?
10 Wells, Billy ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 23

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
28 Allen, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
3 Austin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Brain, Terry ? ? 1 ?
21 Bryce, George ? ? 1 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
34 Dineen, Syd ? ? 2 ?
14 Faul, Bill ? ? 0 ?
31 Gillett, Ray ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Harris, Wilbur ? ? 0 ?
26 Hillis, Ron ? ? 3 ?
7 Ilott, Percy ? ? 0 ?
18 Mitchell, Alex ? ? 0 ?
12 Moore, Roy ? ? 6 ?
9 Patterson, Sandy ? ? 0 ?
15 Smith, Keith ? ? 0 ?
9 Thomas, Len ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 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