1940 VFL Season Round 6: Richmond v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 1 June 1940 between Richmond and St Kilda during round six of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted St Kilda at Punt Road Oval. Perce Bentley captained the hosts with Jack Dyer as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Ansell Clarke.

Richmond (17.10.112) defeated St Kilda (11.10.76).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Richmond v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 1 June 1940
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. St Kilda
Score: 17.10.112 - 11.10.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 1 8 . 4 12 . 6 17 . 10 17 . 10 (112)
St Kilda 0 . 3 3 . 3 6 . 8 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Margin RICH by 22 RICH by 31 RICH by 34 RICH by 36 RICH by 36
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

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

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ansell Clarke

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 1 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 5 ?
15 Cotter, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Crane, Jack ? ? 3 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (vc) ? ? 0 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 1 ?
27 Hull, Ian ? ? 1 ?
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 ?
4 Steele, Ray ? ? 1 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 10

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Cliff, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Curyer, Clarrie ? ? 1 ?
33 Fitzsimmons, Bob ? ? 0 ?
6 Fountain, Roy ? ? 1 ?
19 Garvin, Reg ? ? 0 ?
25 Hoppen, Ted ? ? 0 ?
7 Kelly, Jack ? ? 3 ?
17 Killigrew, Alan ? ? 1 ?
27 Miller, Keith ? ? 0 ?
10 Mohr, Bill ? ? 2 ?
18 Raines, Norm ? ? 0 ?
12 Rayment, Doug ? ? 0 ?
29 Rose, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
15 Vontom, Clarrie ? ? 1 ?
21 Walker, Ken ? ? 1 ?
8 Weiss, Alby ? ? 1 ?
32 Wilkie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 Williamson, Col ? ? 0 ?
24 Wilson, Ron ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 10

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