1938 VFL Season Round 9: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 18 June 1938 between Richmond and Essendon during round nine of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at Punt Road Oval. Perce Bentley captained the hosts with Jack Titus as vice-captain. Len Webster captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Jack Baggott.

Richmond (15.14.104) defeated Essendon (15.9.99).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 18 June 1938
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 15.14.104 - 15.9.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 3 6 . 8 10 . 12 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Essendon 7 . 4 10 . 5 15 . 8 15 . 9 15 . 9 (99)
Margin ESSE by 19 ESSE by 21 ESSE by 26 RICH by 5 RICH by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

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

Essendon

Captain: Len Webster
Coach: Jack Baggott

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Cummins

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 2 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
13 Chirgwin, Dick ? ? 0 ?
15 Cotter, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Crane, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Dickson, Norm ? ? 1 ?
17 Dyer, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
22 Guinane, Danny ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 1 ?
8 Henderson, Reg ? ? 0 ?
27 Hull, Ian ? ? 0 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 1 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 1 ?
28 Smith, Harry ? ? 0 ?
23 Strang, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 4 ?
12 Titus, Jack (vc) ? ? 5 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 14

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Baker, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Begley, Les ? ? 0 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 1 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Cahill, Bill ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 0 ?
23 Kelly, Frank ? ? 0 ?
17 Lippiatt, Harry ? ? 0 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Maynes, Leo ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick ? ? 2 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 7 ?
16 Slater, Syd ? ? 0 ?
6 Standfield, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 4 ?
32 Webster, Len (c) ? ? 1 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 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