1939 VFL Season Round 7: Richmond v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 3 June 1939 between Richmond and Collingwood during round seven of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Collingwood at Punt Road Oval. Perce Bentley captained the hosts with Kevin O'Neill as vice-captain. Harry Collier captained the visitors with Albert Collier as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Richmond (6.17.53) were defeated by Collingwood (12.17.89).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Richmond v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 3 June 1939
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 40,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Collingwood
Score: 6.17.53 - 12.17.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 5 4 . 7 5 . 13 6 . 17 6 . 17 (53)
Collingwood 4 . 2 6 . 6 9 . 11 12 . 17 12 . 17 (89)
Margin COLL by 3 COLL by 11 COLL by 22 COLL by 36 COLL by 36
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

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

Collingwood

Captain: Harry Collier
Vice-Captain: Albert Collier
Coach: Jock McHale

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 ?
25 Currie, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack ? ? 1 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 0 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 1 ?
10 McDonald, Alan ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin (vc) ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 1 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Smith, Harry ? ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Laird ? ? 1 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 6 17

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Balfour, Don ? ? 0 ?
4 Campbell, Norm ? ? 0 ?
2 Collier, Albert (vc) ? ? 0 ?
1 Collier, Harry (c) ? ? 1 ?
6 Doherty, Vin ? ? 0 ?
7 Dowling, Ron ? ? 0 ?
8 Fothergill, Des ? ? 3 ?
10 Hocking, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
11 Knight, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Kyne, Phonse ? ? 0 ?
29 Murphy, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Pannam, Alby ? ? 0 ?
17 Powell, Harold ? ? 2 ?
18 Regan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Ross, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Todd, Ron ? ? 6 ?
28 Whelan, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Alan ? ? 0 ?
25 Woods, Bervin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 17

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