1940 VFL Season Round 13: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 20 July 1940 between Richmond and Melbourne during round thirteen of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Perce Bentley captained the hosts with Jack Dyer as vice-captain. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Richmond (13.9.87) were defeated by Melbourne (13.16.94).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 20 July 1940
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 21,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Melbourne
Score: 13.9.87 - 13.16.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 5 8 . 6 13 . 7 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Melbourne 4 . 4 5 . 7 10 . 12 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Margin RICH by 1 RICH by 17 RICH by 13 MELB by 7 MELB by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

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

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Vice-Captain: Jack Mueller
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Morgan

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Ablett, Len ? ? 0 ?
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 1 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 3 ?
15 Cotter, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Crane, Jack ? ? 4 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (vc) ? ? 0 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 1 ?
27 Hull, Ian ? ? 0 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 0 ?
10 McDonald, Alan ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 0 ?
5 O'Connell, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Laird ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 9

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 1 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 0 ?
3 Baxter, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 1 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
14 Maher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 4 ?
7 Murnane, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack ? ? 1 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 1 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 4 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 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