1940 VFL Season Round 16: Richmond v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 17 August 1940 between Richmond and Fitzroy during round sixteen of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Fitzroy at Punt Road Oval. Perce Bentley captained the hosts with Jack Dyer as vice-captain. Frank Curcio captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Dan Minogue.

Richmond (14.15.99) defeated Fitzroy (10.11.71).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Richmond v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 17 August 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 22,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Fitzroy
Score: 14.15.99 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 2 8 . 6 10 . 8 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Fitzroy 2 . 3 4 . 5 9 . 8 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin FITZ by 1 RICH by 25 RICH by 6 RICH by 28 RICH by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

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

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Dan Minogue

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Ablett, Len ? ? 0 ?
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 2 ?
15 Cotter, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (vc) ? ? 0 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 3 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 1 ?
10 McDonald, Alan ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
2 Quinn, Jack ? ? 0 ?
34 Reilly, Joe ? ? 0 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Laird ? ? 1 ?
4 Steele, Ray ? ? 0 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 1 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 5 ?
13 Waldron, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 15

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
12 Calverley, Des ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 4 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
24 Dyring, Lindsay ? ? 0 ?
25 Hall, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
9 Hart, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
23 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
8 Hillard, Norm ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred ? ? 0 ?
5 Hughson, Mick ? ? 1 ?
2 James, Shadrach ? ? 1 ?
1 Knott, Arch ? ? 2 ?
3 Murray, Dan ? ? 0 ?
14 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 0 ?
27 Sharp, Mickey ? ? 1 ?
29 Smith, Len ? ? 0 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 11

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