1939 VFL Season Round 2: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 29 April 1939 between Richmond and Footscray during round two of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at Punt Road Oval. Perce Bentley captained the hosts with Kevin O'Neill as vice-captain. Roy Evans captained the visitors with Norm Ware as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

Richmond (20.19.139) defeated Footscray (17.8.110).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 29 April 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 26,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Footscray
Score: 20.19.139 - 17.8.110

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 6 . 2 11 . 10 16 . 14 20 . 19 20 . 19 (139)
Footscray 6 . 1 8 . 1 14 . 6 17 . 8 17 . 8 (110)
Margin RICH by 1 RICH by 27 RICH by 20 RICH by 29 RICH by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

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

Footscray

Captain: Roy Evans
Vice-Captain: Norm Ware
Coach: Joe Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Ablett, Len ? ? 0 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 3 ?
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 ? ? 2 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 2 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin (vc) ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Smith, Harry ? ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Laird ? ? 3 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 3 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 7 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 20 19

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 1 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 2 ?
9 Evans, Roy (c) ? ? 0 ?
15 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Hickey, Harry ? ? 1 ?
23 Livingstone, Stan ? ? 1 ?
22 Luke, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
14 McCrae, Cliff ? ? 3 ?
19 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 3 ?
32 Porter, Roy ? ? 0 ?
7 Ryan, Jack ? ? 1 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 2 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
28 Sampson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
16 Spargo, Bob ? ? 1 ?
6 Standfield, Paul ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (vc) ? ? 2 ?
13 Wilson, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 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