1940 VFL Season Round 5: Fitzroy v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 1940 between Fitzroy and Richmond during round five of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Richmond at Brunswick Street Oval. Frank Curcio captained the hosts. Perce Bentley captained the visitors with Jack Dyer as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Dan Minogue and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Fitzroy (8.14.62) were defeated by Richmond (12.11.83).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Fitzroy v Richmond
Date: Saturday 25 May 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Richmond
Score: 8.14.62 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 7 5 . 7 7 . 13 8 . 14 8 . 14 (62)
Richmond 3 . 1 6 . 3 8 . 5 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Margin FITZ by 12 RICH by 2 FITZ by 2 RICH by 21 RICH by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Dan Minogue

Richmond

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
12 Calverley, Des ? ? 0 ?
15 Clay, Alf ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
17 Fields, Allan ? ? 1 ?
3 Forbes, Keith ? ? 2 ?
4 Fox, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
7 Gillespie-Jones, Audley ? ? 0 ?
25 Hall, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
23 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred ? ? 0 ?
2 James, Shadrach ? ? 1 ?
1 Knott, Arch ? ? 0 ?
12 McNamara, Lindsay ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 0 ?
27 Sharp, Mickey ? ? 0 ?
29 Smith, Len ? ? 0 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 3 ?
10 Treweek, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 14

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
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) ? ? 0 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 2 ?
27 Hull, Ian ? ? 2 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 0 ?
10 McDonald, Alan ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
34 Reilly, Joe ? ? 0 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 1 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Laird ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 5 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 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