1939 VFL Round 8: Hawthorn v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 10 June 1939 between Hawthorn and Richmond during round 8 of the 1939 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted Richmond at Glenferrie Oval. Len Thomas captained the hosts. Perce Bentley captained the visitors with Kevin O'Neill as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Len Thomas and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Hawthorn
Back: H. Albiston, G. Carter, L. Murphy
Half-back: G. Waters, G. Dower, J. Barker
Centre: B. Williams, S. Spinks, N. Allison
Half-forward: L. Pabst, B. Deague, J. Blackman
Forward: F. Booth, A. Hird, A. Albiston
Follower: B. Mills, L. Thomas (capt.), A. Davidson
Sub.: K. Feltscheer

Richmond
P. Bentley (capt.), K. O'Neill (vice-capt.), L. Ablett, M. Bolger, D. Chirgwin, J. Cotter, J. Crane, J. Currie, J. Dyer, D. Harris, R. Martin, M. O'Connell, C. Priestley, J. Scott, G. Smeaton, H. Smith, L. Smith, J. Symons, J. Titus

Hawthorn (7.13.55) were defeated by Richmond (12.21.93).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: J. Blackman (3), A. Albiston, G. Carter, A. Davidson, B. Deague
Richmond: M. O'Connell (6), L. Smith (2), P. Bentley, J. Dyer, R. Martin, J. Titus

As a result of this match, Hawthorn remained 5th on the ladder and Richmond remained 3rd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Hawthorn v Richmond
Date: Saturday 10 June 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 21,000

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. by Richmond
Score: 7.13.55 - 12.21.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 2 . 4 3 . 10 5 . 12 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
Richmond 3 . 5 5 . 10 8 . 16 12 . 21 12 . 21 (93)
Margin RICH by 7 RICH by 12 RICH by 22 RICH by 38 RICH by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Len Thomas (Hawthorn), Perce Bentley (Richmond)
Captains: Len Thomas (Hawthorn), Perce Bentley (Richmond)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Hawthorn), Kevin O'Neill (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Albiston, Alec FPR ? 1 ?
7 Albiston, Harold BPL ? 0 ?
9 Allison, Neil WR ? 0 ?
6 Barker, Jack HBFR ? 0 ?
34 Blackman, Jack HFFR ? 3 ?
36 Booth, Frank FPL ? 0 ?
34 Carter, George FB ? 1 ?
16 Davidson, Arthur RO ? 1 ?
17 Deague, Bill CHF ? 1 ?
25 Dower, George CHB ? 0 ?
18 Feltscheer, Ken SUB ? 0 ?
29 Hird, Allan FF ? 0 ?
12 Mills, Bert RU ? 0 ?
38 Murphy, Leo BPR ? 0 ?
33 Pabst, Len HFFL ? 0 ?
8 Spinks, Stan C ? 0 ?
1 Thomas, Len (c) RU ? 0 ?
28 Waters, Gordon HBFL ? 0 ?
3 Williams, Bob WL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 13

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Ablett, Len ? ? 0 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 1 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
13 Chirgwin, Dick ? ? 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 ?
5 O'Connell, Maurie ? ? 6 ?
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 ? ? 2 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 21

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

Player Line-Up

Hawthorn Coach: Len Thomas
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






12 B. Mills 18 K. Feltscheer
5 A. Albiston 29 A. Hird 36 F. Booth 1 L. Thomas (c)

FORWARD 16 A. Davidson

HALF-BACK













34 J. Blackman 17 B. Deague 33 L. Pabst



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













9 N. Allison 8 S. Spinks 3 B. Williams FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













6 J. Barker 25 G. Dower 28 G. Waters



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













38 L. Murphy 34 G. Carter 7 H. Albiston



BACK



Richmond Coach: Perce Bentley