1939 VFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 22 April 1939 between Melbourne and Richmond during round one of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. Perce Bentley captained the visitors with Kevin O'Neill as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Melbourne (11.18.84) were defeated by Richmond (17.19.121).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 22 April 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 21,840

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 11.18.84 - 17.19.121

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 5 2 . 10 6 . 14 11 . 18 11 . 18 (84)
Richmond 6 . 5 9 . 9 11 . 13 17 . 19 17 . 19 (121)
Margin RICH by 30 RICH by 41 RICH by 29 RICH by 37 RICH by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

Richmond

Captain: Perce Bentley
Vice-Captain: Kevin O'Neill
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 2 ?
11 Ball, Harold ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 3 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
6 Giles, Ian ? ? 0 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 0 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
5 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 2 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 3 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
20 Williams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 18

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Ablett, Len ? ? 0 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 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 ? ? 6 ?
27 Hull, Ian ? ? 0 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 1 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin (vc) ? ? 0 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 2 ?
28 Smith, Harry ? ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Laird ? ? 2 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 1 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 5 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 19

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