1940 VFL Season Round 2: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 4 May 1940 between Melbourne and Richmond during round two of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. Perce Bentley captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Melbourne (18.14.122) defeated Richmond (14.15.99).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 4 May 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 20,044

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 18.14.122 - 14.15.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 4 10 . 7 12 . 11 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
Richmond 2 . 4 7 . 8 10 . 13 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Margin MELB by 12 MELB by 17 MELB by 10 MELB by 23 MELB by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Vice-Captain: Jack Mueller
Coach: Frank Hughes

Richmond

Captain: Perce Bentley
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 2 ?
11 Ball, Harold ? ? 1 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 0 ?
3 Baxter, Bill ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 4 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 0 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack ? ? 1 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 3 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 4 ?
5 Truscott, Keith ? ? 2 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 18 14

Richmond

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

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