1940 VFL Season Round 10: North Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 29 June 1940 between North Melbourne and Richmond during round ten of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Richmond at Arden Street Oval. Jim Adamson captained the hosts. Perce Bentley captained the visitors with Jack Dyer as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jim Adamson and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

North Melbourne (13.11.89) were defeated by Richmond (17.16.118).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: North Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 29 June 1940
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 11,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 13.11.89 - 17.16.118

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 5 . 4 7 . 6 11 . 9 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Richmond 2 . 2 9 . 9 12 . 10 17 . 16 17 . 16 (118)
Margin NMLB by 20 RICH by 15 RICH by 7 RICH by 29 RICH by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Jim Adamson
Coach: Jim Adamson (caretaker)

Richmond

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Adamson, Jim (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Bolger, Merv ? ? 0 ?
30 Coward, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 2 ?
11 Green, Harry ? ? 2 ?
16 Jones, Herb ? ? 0 ?
22 Kemp, Don ? ? 0 ?
18 Kennedy, George ? ? 3 ?
20 Lyons, Roy ? ? 0 ?
14 McCorkell, Jock ? ? 0 ?
23 Montgomery, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Murray, Sel ? ? 6 ?
29 Parks, Ossy ? ? 0 ?
12 Sitch, Roy ? ? 0 ?
7 Skinner, Charles ? ? 0 ?
2 Slater, Syd ? ? 0 ?
4 Stewart, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Stubbs, Frank ? ? 0 ?
25 Tomkinson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 11

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Ablett, Len ? ? 0 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 1 ?
15 Cotter, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Crane, Jack ? ? 1 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (vc) ? ? 2 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 1 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 2 ?
27 Hull, Ian ? ? 0 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 1 ?
10 McDonald, Alan ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 1 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Laird ? ? 3 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 5 ?
13 Waldron, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 16

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