1938 VFL Season Round 10: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 June 1938 between Richmond and Melbourne during round ten of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Perce Bentley captained the hosts with Jack Titus as vice-captain. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Richmond (12.17.89) defeated Melbourne (10.8.68).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 25 June 1938
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 23,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Melbourne
Score: 12.17.89 - 10.8.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 0 . 4 4 . 10 9 . 11 12 . 17 12 . 17 (89)
Melbourne 3 . 2 6 . 3 8 . 5 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Margin MELB by 16 MELB by 5 RICH by 12 RICH by 21 RICH by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

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

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Vice-Captain: Jack Mueller
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Richmond

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

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 0 ?
33 Buckley, Ted ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 1 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 1 ?
3 Lewis, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
14 Maher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 1 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
2 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 5 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 2 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 8

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