1939 VFL Season Round 17: Richmond v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 19 August 1939 between Richmond and Carlton during round seventeen of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Carlton at Punt Road Oval. Perce Bentley captained the hosts with Kevin O'Neill as vice-captain. Brighton Diggins captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Brighton Diggins.

Richmond (13.10.88) defeated Carlton (6.13.49).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Richmond v Carlton
Date: Saturday 19 August 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 40,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Carlton
Score: 13.10.88 - 6.13.49

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 5 8 . 6 12 . 10 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
Carlton 1 . 2 2 . 5 2 . 7 6 . 13 6 . 13 (49)
Margin RICH by 21 RICH by 37 RICH by 63 RICH by 39 RICH by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

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

Carlton

Captain: Brighton Diggins
Coach: Brighton Diggins

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 1 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
15 Cotter, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Crane, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Dickson, Norm ? ? 1 ?
17 Dyer, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
22 Guinane, Danny ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 1 ?
27 Hull, Ian ? ? 0 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 1 ?
10 McDonald, Alan ? ? 0 ?
5 O'Connell, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin (vc) ? ? 0 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 2 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 1 ?
8 Smith, Laird ? ? 3 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 10

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Baxter, Ken ? ? 1 ?
7 Carney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Chitty, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Cooper, Ron ? ? 0 ?
12 Crisp, Mickey ? ? 0 ?
5 Diggins, Brighton (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Francis, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Gill, Frank ? ? 0 ?
32 Green, Bob ? ? 0 ?
11 Hale, Jack ? ? 1 ?
17 Hollingshead, Harry ? ? 2 ?
31 McInnes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 McIntyre, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 McLean, Rod ? ? 0 ?
26 Park, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Schmidt, Paul ? ? 0 ?
8 Skinner, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Wrout, Jack ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 6 13

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