1938 VFL Season Round 1: Richmond v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 23 April 1938 between Richmond and North Melbourne during round one of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted North Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Perce Bentley captained the hosts with Jack Titus as vice-captain. Keith Forbes captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Keith Forbes.

Richmond (19.26.140) defeated North Melbourne (9.9.63).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Richmond v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 23 April 1938
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. North Melbourne
Score: 19.26.140 - 9.9.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 8 . 11 9 . 14 15 . 22 19 . 26 19 . 26 (140)
North Melbourne 1 . 1 5 . 3 7 . 5 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Margin RICH by 52 RICH by 35 RICH by 65 RICH by 77 RICH by 77
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Perce Bentley
Vice-Captain: Jack Titus
Coach: Perce Bentley

North Melbourne

Captain: Keith Forbes
Coach: Keith Forbes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Glasson

Goal Umpires

J. Leheny

Player Statistics

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 ? ? 2 ?
22 Guinane, Danny ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 3 ?
8 Henderson, Reg ? ? 1 ?
3 Jenkins, Billy ? ? 0 ?
30 MacBeth, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 1 ?
26 McCrory, Alan ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
6 Sleeth, Lou ? ? 1 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 1 ?
23 Strang, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack (vc) ? ? 9 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 19 26

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Adamson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
27 Anderson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Anderson, Stewart ? ? 0 ?
2 Bicknell, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Carter, Wally ? ? 0 ?
6 Cordner, Jock ? ? 0 ?
20 Crapper, Frank ? ? 1 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 1 ?
1 Forbes, Keith (c) ? ? 3 ?
14 Jacobs, Les ? ? 0 ?
22 Kemp, Don ? ? 1 ?
18 Kennedy, George ? ? 1 ?
28 McFarlane, Mick ? ? 0 ?
22 McLeod, Ron ? ? 1 ?
3 Mitchell, Col ? ? 0 ?
26 Morcom, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
7 Skinner, Charles ? ? 0 ?
21 Stubbs, Frank ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 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