1940 VFL Season Round 1: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 1940 between Richmond and Footscray during round one of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at Punt Road Oval. Perce Bentley captained the hosts with Jack Dyer as vice-captain. Norm Ware captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

Richmond (14.19.103) were defeated by Footscray (17.13.115).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 27 April 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 24,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Footscray
Score: 14.19.103 - 17.13.115

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 4 7 . 9 9 . 13 14 . 19 14 . 19 (103)
Footscray 7 . 2 10 . 7 15 . 10 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
Margin FOOT by 16 FOOT by 16 FOOT by 33 FOOT by 12 FOOT by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Perce Bentley
Vice-Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Perce Bentley

Footscray

Captain: Norm Ware
Coach: Joe Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Thomas

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Ablett, Len ? ? 0 ?
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 1 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 1 ?
21 Cosgrove, Bill ? ? 0 ?
15 Cotter, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Crane, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (vc) ? ? 2 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 1 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 2 ?
27 Hull, Ian ? ? 0 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 0 ?
10 McDonald, Alan ? ? 0 ?
5 O'Connell, Maurie ? ? 2 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 1 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Laird ? ? 0 ?
4 Steele, Ray ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 19

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 3 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 1 ?
13 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
23 Livingstone, Stan ? ? 0 ?
27 May, Jim ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
26 Page, Charlie ? ? 9 ?
22 Porter, Roy ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Bill ? ? 1 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
18 Sainsbury, Rob ? ? 0 ?
6 Standfield, Paul ? ? 0 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 1 ?
4 Ware, Norm (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 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