1937 VFL Season Round 15: Fitzroy v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 31 July 1937 between Fitzroy and Richmond during round fifteen of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Richmond at Brunswick Street Oval. Haydn Bunton captained the hosts. Perce Bentley captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Gordon Rattray and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Fitzroy (11.13.79) were defeated by Richmond (15.13.103).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Fitzroy v Richmond
Date: Saturday 31 July 1937
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Richmond
Score: 11.13.79 - 15.13.103

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 5 6 . 5 9 . 10 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Richmond 5 . 4 8 . 5 10 . 6 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Margin RICH by 11 RICH by 12 RICH by 2 RICH by 24 RICH by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Haydn Bunton
Coach: Gordon Rattray

Richmond

Captain: Perce Bentley
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Bunton, Haydn (c) ? ? 3 ?
3 Bunworth, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Butherway, Tom ? ? 0 ?
16 Carroll, Vic ? ? 0 ?
26 Clark, Eric ? ? 0 ?
30 Dawson, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
22 Gray, Wally ? ? 1 ?
25 Hall, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
5 Hughson, Les ? ? 0 ?
32 Hughson, Mick ? ? 0 ?
1 Laskey, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
8 Lowenthal, Bill ? ? 0 ?
13 McKenzie, Jock ? ? 2 ?
2 Morgan, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
23 Mutimer, Wally ? ? 1 ?
4 Ryan, Denis ? ? 0 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 0 ?
Smith, Len ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 13

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Bates, George ? ? 0 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 1 ?
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 ? ? 4 ?
31 Hayes, Gerry ? ? 1 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 1 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
6 Sleeth, Lou ? ? 2 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 1 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 1 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 3 ?
10 Wells, Billy ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Fred ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 13

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