1939 VFL Season Round 5: Richmond v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 1939 between Richmond and North Melbourne during round five of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted North Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Perce Bentley captained the hosts with Kevin O'Neill as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Keith Forbes.

Richmond (16.22.118) defeated North Melbourne (13.11.89).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Richmond v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 20 May 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 11,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. North Melbourne
Score: 16.22.118 - 13.11.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 4 9 . 10 11 . 16 16 . 22 16 . 22 (118)
North Melbourne 5 . 4 9 . 8 12 . 9 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Margin NMLB by 18 RICH by 2 RICH by 1 RICH by 29 RICH by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

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

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Keith Forbes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Ablett, Len ? ? 0 ?
4 Bates, George ? ? 0 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 2 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
15 Cotter, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Crane, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 6 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 2 ?
5 O'Connell, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin (vc) ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 3 ?
28 Smith, Harry ? ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Laird ? ? 0 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 1 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 22

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Adamson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
19 Baker, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Cordner, Jock ? ? 1 ?
20 Crapper, Frank ? ? 2 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 2 ?
14 Jeffrey, Neil ? ? 0 ?
16 Jones, Herb ? ? 0 ?
22 Kemp, Don ? ? 0 ?
18 Kennedy, George ? ? 1 ?
4 Maltby, Arnold ? ? 0 ?
28 McFarlane, Mick ? ? 0 ?
3 Mitchell, Col ? ? 2 ?
23 Montgomery, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Morcom, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
24 Murray, Sel ? ? 4 ?
29 Parks, Ossy ? ? 0 ?
7 Skinner, Charles ? ? 0 ?
21 Stubbs, Frank ? ? 0 ?
2 Wells, Billy ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 11

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