1937 VFL Season Round 17: Geelong v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 21 August 1937 between Geelong and Richmond during round seventeen of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Richmond at Corio Oval. Reg Hickey captained the hosts. Perce Bentley captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Geelong (14.6.90) defeated Richmond (8.11.59).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Geelong v Richmond
Date: Saturday 21 August 1937
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 11,500

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Richmond
Score: 14.6.90 - 8.11.59

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 7 . 2 7 . 2 11 . 6 14 . 6 14 . 6 (90)
Richmond 0 . 1 8 . 6 8 . 6 8 . 11 8 . 11 (59)
Margin GEEL by 43 RICH by 10 GEEL by 18 GEEL by 31 GEEL by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Reg Hickey

Richmond

Captain: Perce Bentley
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 4 ?
2 Dyer, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Evans, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
23 Glenister, Norm ? ? 0 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Hardiman, Les ? ? 3 ?
27 Hardiman, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 Hawking, Fred ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Hore, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
15 Mahon, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
22 Metherell, Jack ? ? 6 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 0 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
26 Wills, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 6

Richmond

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