1938 VFL Season Round 6: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 28 May 1938 between Richmond and Geelong during round six of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Geelong at Punt Road Oval. Perce Bentley captained the hosts with Jack Titus as vice-captain. Reg Hickey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Richmond (18.9.117) defeated Geelong (12.16.88).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Richmond v Geelong
Date: Saturday 28 May 1938
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 22,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Geelong
Score: 18.9.117 - 12.16.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 5 . 3 10 . 5 15 . 6 18 . 9 18 . 9 (117)
Geelong 2 . 4 6 . 8 9 . 13 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
Margin RICH by 17 RICH by 21 RICH by 29 RICH by 29 RICH by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

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

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Bates, George ? ? 0 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 3 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
34 Brett, Stan ? ? 1 ?
13 Chirgwin, Dick ? ? 0 ?
15 Cotter, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Crane, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
22 Guinane, Danny ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 4 ?
8 Henderson, Reg ? ? 0 ?
27 Hull, Ian ? ? 1 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 1 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
28 Smith, Harry ? ? 2 ?
23 Strang, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack (vc) ? ? 6 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 18 9

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
31 Butcher, Jack ? ? 1 ?
13 Coles, Clive ? ? 2 ?
25 Collins, Jack ? ? 1 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 1 ?
2 Dyer, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
23 Glenister, Norm ? ? 3 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Helmer, Clyde ? ? 4 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Hore, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
15 Mahon, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 0 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Slack, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
33 Taylor, Cliff ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 16

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