1938 VFL Season Round 18: Richmond v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 27 August 1938 between Richmond and Fitzroy during round eighteen of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Fitzroy at Punt Road Oval. Perce Bentley captained the hosts with Jack Titus as vice-captain. Frank Curcio captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Gordon Rattray.

Richmond (13.15.93) were defeated by Fitzroy (15.18.108).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Richmond v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 27 August 1938
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 7,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Fitzroy
Score: 13.15.93 - 15.18.108

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 5 . 4 8 . 8 11 . 13 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Fitzroy 2 . 4 5 . 12 9 . 16 15 . 18 15 . 18 (108)
Margin RICH by 18 RICH by 14 RICH by 9 FITZ by 15 FITZ by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

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

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Gordon Rattray

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Cummins

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 3 ?
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 ? ? 2 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 0 ?
8 Henderson, Reg ? ? 0 ?
27 Hull, Ian ? ? 0 ?
26 McCrory, Alan ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
6 Sleeth, Lou ? ? 2 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 1 ?
23 Strang, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 2 ?
12 Titus, Jack (vc) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 15

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Calverley, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
10 Catton, Len ? ? 0 ?
26 Clark, Eric ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
17 Dennis, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
9 Hart, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
6 Hughson, Fred ? ? 4 ?
22 Hurley, Alf ? ? 4 ?
13 McKenzie, Jock ? ? 2 ?
15 Minney, Bert ? ? 0 ?
12 Murray, Dan ? ? 0 ?
23 Mutimer, Wally ? ? 0 ?
20 Norman, Ingy ? ? 0 ?
14 Reville, Peter ? ? 2 ?
27 Sharp, Mickey ? ? 1 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 0 ?
29 Smith, Len ? ? 0 ?
28 White, Allan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 18

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