1937 VFL Season Semi Final 1: Collingwood v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 4 September 1937 between Collingwood and Richmond in the first semi final of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Richmond at the MCG. Harry Collier captained the hosts with Albert Collier as vice-captain. Perce Bentley captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Collingwood (18.12.120) defeated Richmond (10.9.69).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
Teams: Collingwood v Richmond
Date: Saturday 4 September 1937
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 41,663

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Richmond
Score: 18.12.120 - 10.9.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 4 . 3 7 . 5 12 . 8 18 . 12 18 . 12 (120)
Richmond 2 . 2 4 . 5 8 . 8 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Margin COLL by 13 COLL by 18 COLL by 24 COLL by 51 COLL by 51
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Harry Collier
Vice-Captain: Albert Collier
Coach: Jock McHale

Richmond

Captain: Perce Bentley
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Bowyer, Percy ? ? 0 ?
4 Boyall, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
6 Carmody, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Collier, Albert (vc) ? ? 0 ?
1 Collier, Harry (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 6 ?
9 Doherty, Vin ? ? 2 ?
10 Dowling, Ron ? ? 0 ?
11 Fothergill, Des ? ? 2 ?
13 Froude, Fred ? ? 0 ?
12 Knight, Jack ? ? 3 ?
16 Kyne, Phonse ? ? 0 ?
16 Pannam, Alby ? ? 3 ?
22 Regan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Ross, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Rumney, Harold ? ? 0 ?
27 Todd, Ron ? ? 2 ?
28 Whelan, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
29 Woods, Bervin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 18 12

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 ? ? 1 ?
8 Henderson, Reg ? ? 2 ?
27 Hull, Ian ? ? 0 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
25 Scriven, Ray ? ? 0 ?
6 Sleeth, Lou ? ? 1 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 1 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 4 ?
10 Wells, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 9

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