1940 VFL Season Round 17: St Kilda v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 24 August 1940 between St Kilda and Richmond during round seventeen of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Richmond at Junction Oval. Perce Bentley captained the visitors with Jack Dyer as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ansell Clarke and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

St Kilda (10.17.77) were defeated by Richmond (20.15.135).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: St Kilda v Richmond
Date: Saturday 24 August 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Richmond
Score: 10.17.77 - 20.15.135

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 2 . 7 7 . 11 7 . 12 10 . 17 10 . 17 (77)
Richmond 8 . 2 12 . 4 16 . 9 20 . 15 20 . 15 (135)
Margin RICH by 31 RICH by 23 RICH by 51 RICH by 58 RICH by 58
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ansell Clarke

Richmond

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Cliff, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Cranage, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
11 Curyer, Clarrie ? ? 1 ?
6 Fountain, Roy ? ? 1 ?
25 Hoppen, Ted ? ? 0 ?
7 Kelly, Jack ? ? 2 ?
17 Killigrew, Alan ? ? 0 ?
22 Maskell, Les ? ? 1 ?
3 McIntyre, Ern ? ? 4 ?
27 Miller, Keith ? ? 0 ?
5 Mudge, Ron ? ? 0 ?
28 O'Brien, Terry ? ? 1 ?
18 Raines, Norm ? ? 0 ?
30 Regnier, Lance ? ? 0 ?
23 Riordan, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
15 Vontom, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
21 Walker, Ken ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilkie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 Williamson, Col ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 17

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 1 ?
15 Cotter, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (vc) ? ? 0 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 1 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 6 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 0 ?
10 McDonald, Alan ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 Quinn, Jack ? ? 0 ?
34 Reilly, Joe ? ? 0 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 1 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Laird ? ? 1 ?
4 Steele, Ray ? ? 0 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 1 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 9 ?
13 Waldron, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 20 15

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