1939 VFL Season Round 4: Richmond v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 May 1939 between Richmond and South Melbourne during round four of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted South Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Perce Bentley captained the hosts with Kevin O'Neill as vice-captain. Herbie Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Herbie Matthews.

Richmond (14.24.108) defeated South Melbourne (13.7.85).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Richmond v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 13 May 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. South Melbourne
Score: 14.24.108 - 13.7.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 10 4 . 13 11 . 22 14 . 24 14 . 24 (108)
South Melbourne 3 . 0 8 . 2 11 . 3 13 . 7 13 . 7 (85)
Margin RICH by 16 SMLB by 13 RICH by 19 RICH by 23 RICH by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

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

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Herbie Matthews

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Kinnaird

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Ablett, Len ? ? 0 ?
4 Bates, George ? ? 0 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 Chirgwin, Dick ? ? 0 ?
15 Cotter, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Crane, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Dickson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack ? ? 1 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 4 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 1 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin (vc) ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 1 ?
28 Smith, Harry ? ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Laird ? ? 3 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 2 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 24

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 1 ?
13 Couper, Norm ? ? 0 ?
28 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
16 Dineen, Ken ? ? 1 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Hall, Grahame ? ? 0 ?
33 Harris, Wilbur ? ? 0 ?
26 Humphries, Reg ? ? 0 ?
6 Leonard, Mick ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Matthews, Norm ? ? 0 ?
18 Mitchell, Alex ? ? 0 ?
12 Moore, Roy ? ? 2 ?
17 O'Connor, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
10 Pratt, Bob ? ? 6 ?
11 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
15 Smith, Keith ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 7

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