1939 VFL Season Round 18: Collingwood v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 2 September 1939 between Collingwood and Richmond during round eighteen of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Richmond at Victoria Park. Harry Collier captained the hosts with Albert Collier as vice-captain. Perce Bentley captained the visitors with Kevin O'Neill as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Collingwood (13.13.91) defeated Richmond (8.11.59).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Collingwood v Richmond
Date: Saturday 2 September 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 28,000

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Richmond
Score: 13.13.91 - 8.11.59

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 5 . 5 7 . 7 11 . 9 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Richmond 1 . 0 4 . 5 6 . 7 8 . 11 8 . 11 (59)
Margin COLL by 29 COLL by 20 COLL by 32 COLL by 32 COLL by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Harry Collier
Vice-Captain: Albert Collier
Coach: Jock McHale

Richmond

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Balfour, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Carmody, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Collier, Albert (vc) ? ? 0 ?
1 Collier, Harry (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 Dowling, Ron ? ? 0 ?
8 Fothergill, Des ? ? 4 ?
27 Green, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Hocking, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
11 Knight, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Kyne, Phonse ? ? 0 ?
14 Morgan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
29 Murphy, Jack ? ? 1 ?
17 Powell, Harold ? ? 3 ?
18 Regan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Todd, Ron ? ? 5 ?
22 Unwin, Bill ? ? 0 ?
28 Whelan, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Alan ? ? 0 ?
25 Woods, Bervin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 13

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
15 Cotter, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Crane, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Dickson, Norm ? ? 1 ?
17 Dyer, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 1 ?
22 Guinane, Danny ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 1 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 0 ?
10 McDonald, Alan ? ? 0 ?
5 O'Connell, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin (vc) ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Laird ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 11

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