1939 VFL Season Round 16: North Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 12 August 1939 between North Melbourne and Richmond during round sixteen of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Richmond at Arden Street Oval. Keith Forbes captained the hosts with Ted Ellis as vice-captain. Perce Bentley captained the visitors with Kevin O'Neill as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Keith Forbes and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

North Melbourne (15.11.101) were defeated by Richmond (18.8.116).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: North Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 12 August 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 15.11.101 - 18.8.116

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 5 7 . 7 9 . 8 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Richmond 6 . 2 10 . 3 15 . 6 18 . 8 18 . 8 (116)
Margin RICH by 15 RICH by 14 RICH by 34 RICH by 15 RICH by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Keith Forbes
Vice-Captain: Ted Ellis
Coach: Keith Forbes

Richmond

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Morgan

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Adamson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Carter, Wally ? ? 0 ?
6 Cordner, Jock ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 2 ?
15 Ellis, Ted (vc) ? ? 0 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 0 ?
1 Forbes, Keith (c) ? ? 2 ?
14 Jeffrey, Neil ? ? 1 ?
16 Jones, Herb ? ? 1 ?
22 Kemp, Don ? ? 0 ?
18 Kennedy, George ? ? 3 ?
23 Montgomery, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Morcom, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
24 Murray, Sel ? ? 5 ?
29 Parks, Ossy ? ? 1 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 0 ?
12 Sitch, Roy ? ? 0 ?
7 Skinner, Charles ? ? 0 ?
21 Stubbs, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 11

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Ablett, Len ? ? 0 ?
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 3 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
15 Cotter, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Crane, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Dickson, Norm ? ? 1 ?
17 Dyer, Jack ? ? 1 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
22 Guinane, Danny ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 0 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 0 ?
10 McDonald, Alan ? ? 0 ?
5 O'Connell, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin (vc) ? ? 0 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 2 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 3 ?
8 Smith, Laird ? ? 1 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 6 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 18 8

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