1939 VFL Season Semi Final 1: Richmond v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 9 September 1939 between Richmond and St Kilda in the first semi final of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted St Kilda at the MCG. Perce Bentley captained the hosts with Kevin O'Neill as vice-captain. Ansell Clarke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Ansell Clarke.

Richmond (6.6.42) were defeated by St Kilda (10.12.72).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
Teams: Richmond v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 9 September 1939
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 51,411

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by St Kilda
Score: 6.6.42 - 10.12.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 1 . 2 2 . 4 3 . 4 6 . 6 6 . 6 (42)
St Kilda 3 . 2 5 . 7 8 . 9 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Margin STKL by 12 STKL by 21 STKL by 35 STKL by 30 STKL by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

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

St Kilda

Captain: Ansell Clarke
Coach: Ansell Clarke

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

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 ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack ? ? 1 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
22 Guinane, Danny ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 0 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 0 ?
10 McDonald, Alan ? ? 1 ?
5 O'Connell, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin (vc) ? ? 0 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Laird ? ? 0 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 6 6

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Clarke, Ansell (c) ? ? 2 ?
18 Coles, Clive ? ? 1 ?
11 Curyer, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
6 Fountain, Roy ? ? 0 ?
19 Garvin, Reg ? ? 0 ?
25 Hoppen, Ted ? ? 0 ?
7 Kelly, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Killigrew, Alan ? ? 3 ?
5 Maslen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Mohr, Bill ? ? 0 ?
12 Rayment, Doug ? ? 0 ?
23 Riordan, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
16 Sawley, Alby ? ? 0 ?
3 Snell, Sam ? ? 0 ?
15 Vontom, Clarrie ? ? 2 ?
21 Walker, Ken ? ? 1 ?
8 Weiss, Alby ? ? 1 ?
4 Williamson, Col ? ? 0 ?
14 Yewers, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 12

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