1938 VFL Season Round 11: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 2 July 1938 between Footscray and Richmond during round eleven of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Richmond at Western Oval. In the absence of Roy Evans, vice-captain Norm Ware captained the hosts. Perce Bentley captained the visitors with Jack Titus as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Footscray (13.20.98) defeated Richmond (7.4.46).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 2 July 1938
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Richmond
Score: 13.20.98 - 7.4.46

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 9 5 . 10 9 . 14 13 . 20 13 . 20 (98)
Richmond 1 . 0 6 . 2 6 . 2 7 . 4 7 . 4 (46)
Margin FOOT by 27 FOOT by 2 FOOT by 30 FOOT by 52 FOOT by 52
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Norm Ware (acting)
Coach: Joe Kelly

Richmond

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
27 Coolahan, Jack ? ? 1 ?
13 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 Glenister, Wally ? ? 2 ?
1 Hickey, Harry ? ? 1 ?
26 Luke, Charlie ? ? 4 ?
14 McCrae, Cliff ? ? 0 ?
32 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 1 ?
10 Ryan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
32 Sainsbury, Rob ? ? 0 ?
28 Sampson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
29 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
18 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (ac) ? ? 1 ?
30 Zimmerman, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 20

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
34 Brett, Stan ? ? 0 ?
33 Broman, Alby ? ? 0 ?
13 Chirgwin, Dick ? ? 0 ?
15 Cotter, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Crane, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 1 ?
8 Henderson, Reg ? ? 0 ?
27 Hull, Ian ? ? 2 ?
30 MacBeth, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Smith, Harry ? ? 0 ?
23 Strang, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack (vc) ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 4

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