1940 VFL Season Round 12: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 13 July 1940 between Footscray and Richmond during round twelve of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Richmond at Western Oval. Norm Ware captained the hosts. Perce Bentley captained the visitors with Jack Dyer as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Footscray (12.10.82) were defeated by Richmond (15.10.100).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 13 July 1940
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 11,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Richmond
Score: 12.10.82 - 15.10.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 3 6 . 6 10 . 9 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Richmond 2 . 5 7 . 8 10 . 8 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Margin FOOT by 10 RICH by 8 FOOT by 1 RICH by 18 RICH by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Norm Ware
Coach: Joe Kelly

Richmond

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Morgan

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Cahill, Pat ? ? 0 ?
32 Dolphin, Harry ? ? 0 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 4 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Murphy, Len ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
26 Page, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 2 ?
10 Ryan, Bill ? ? 4 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
18 Sainsbury, Rob ? ? 0 ?
28 Sampson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 10

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Ablett, Len ? ? 0 ?
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 2 ?
15 Cotter, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Crane, Jack ? ? 3 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (vc) ? ? 0 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 2 ?
27 Hull, Ian ? ? 0 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 0 ?
5 O'Connell, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 1 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Laird ? ? 3 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 4 ?
13 Waldron, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 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