1939 VFL Season Round 9: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 17 June 1939 between Richmond and Geelong during round nine of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Geelong at Punt Road Oval. Perce Bentley captained the hosts with Kevin O'Neill as vice-captain. Reg Hickey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Richmond (12.22.94) defeated Geelong (9.15.69).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Richmond v Geelong
Date: Saturday 17 June 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 17,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Geelong
Score: 12.22.94 - 9.15.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 6 . 9 8 . 14 10 . 19 12 . 22 12 . 22 (94)
Geelong 2 . 5 6 . 9 8 . 11 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
Margin RICH by 28 RICH by 17 RICH by 20 RICH by 25 RICH by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

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

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Ablett, Len ? ? 0 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 1 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
13 Chirgwin, Dick ? ? 0 ?
18 Crane, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Currie, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack ? ? 2 ?
22 Guinane, Danny ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 4 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 0 ?
10 McDonald, Alan ? ? 0 ?
5 O'Connell, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin (vc) ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Laird ? ? 3 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 1 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 22

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
26 Bethune, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 1 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
23 Glenister, Norm ? ? 1 ?
7 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Graham, Colin ? ? 0 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Gross, Reg ? ? 0 ?
29 Helmer, Clyde ? ? 4 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 1 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 0 ?
27 Nash, Jim ? ? 0 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 2 ?
4 Slack, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
19 Tucker, Joe ? ? 0 ?
20 Tucker, Neil ? ? 0 ?
5 Tuohill, Ted ? ? 0 ?
30 Walker, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 15

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