1938 VFL Season Round 17: Geelong v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 20 August 1938 between Geelong and Richmond during round seventeen of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Richmond at Corio Oval. Reg Hickey captained the hosts. Perce Bentley captained the visitors with Jack Titus as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Geelong (20.17.137) defeated Richmond (12.12.84).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Geelong v Richmond
Date: Saturday 20 August 1938
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 19,500

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Richmond
Score: 20.17.137 - 12.12.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 7 . 4 13 . 11 14 . 12 20 . 17 20 . 17 (137)
Richmond 4 . 1 5 . 4 10 . 8 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Margin GEEL by 21 GEEL by 55 GEEL by 28 GEEL by 53 GEEL by 53
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Reg Hickey

Richmond

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 2 ?
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
31 Butcher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Coles, Clive ? ? 3 ?
25 Collins, Jack ? ? 1 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 2 ?
2 Dyer, Bill ? ? 1 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
23 Glenister, Norm ? ? 3 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Hawking, Fred ? ? 1 ?
29 Helmer, Clyde ? ? 4 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Hore, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
15 Mahon, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 1 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Slack, Laurie ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 20 17

Richmond

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

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