1939 VFL Season Round 12: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 July 1939 between Richmond and Melbourne during round twelve of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Perce Bentley captained the hosts with Kevin O'Neill as vice-captain. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Richmond (13.21.99) were defeated by Melbourne (15.16.106).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 8 July 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 22,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Melbourne
Score: 13.21.99 - 15.16.106

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 2 7 . 10 10 . 13 13 . 21 13 . 21 (99)
Melbourne 3 . 4 5 . 8 12 . 13 15 . 16 15 . 16 (106)
Margin RICH by 4 RICH by 14 MELB by 12 MELB by 7 MELB by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

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

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Vice-Captain: Jack Mueller
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Ablett, Len ? ? 0 ?
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 1 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
15 Cotter, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Crane, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Currie, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 2 ?
10 McDonald, Alan ? ? 0 ?
5 O'Connell, Maurie ? ? 4 ?
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 ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 21

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 1 ?
11 Ball, Harold ? ? 2 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Gibbs, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Giles, Ian ? ? 0 ?
22 Harley, Harry ? ? 0 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 3 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
14 Maher, Jack ? ? 1 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 1 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 1 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 4 ?
5 Truscott, Keith ? ? 2 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 16

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