1940 VFL Season Round 7: Richmond v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 June 1940 between Richmond and South Melbourne during round seven of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted South Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Perce Bentley captained the hosts with Jack Dyer as vice-captain. Herbie Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Jack Baggott.

Richmond (13.16.94) defeated South Melbourne (12.13.85).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Richmond v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 8 June 1940
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. South Melbourne
Score: 13.16.94 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 1 6 . 5 8 . 7 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
South Melbourne 5 . 6 8 . 11 10 . 13 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Margin SMLB by 23 SMLB by 18 SMLB by 18 RICH by 9 RICH by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

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

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Jack Baggott

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Sullivan

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 3 ?
15 Cotter, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Crane, Jack ? ? 1 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (vc) ? ? 0 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 3 ?
27 Hull, Ian ? ? 0 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 2 ?
10 McDonald, Alan ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 1 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
34 Reilly, Joe ? ? 0 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Laird ? ? 1 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 2 ?
13 Waldron, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 16

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Chinn, Ian ? ? 0 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 1 ?
28 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
24 Evans, Owen ? ? 3 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 3 ?
27 Gray, Harry ? ? 0 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 1 ?
26 McKenzie, Jock ? ? 1 ?
12 McNamara, Pat ? ? 1 ?
18 Mitchell, Alex ? ? 0 ?
21 Mullenger, Allan ? ? 0 ?
5 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 2 ?
11 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
4 Ritchie, Rex ? ? 0 ?
15 Smith, Keith ? ? 0 ?
30 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 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