1940 VFL Season Round 18: South Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 31 August 1940 between South Melbourne and Richmond during round eighteen of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Richmond at Lakeside Oval. Herbie Matthews captained the hosts. Perce Bentley captained the visitors with Jack Dyer as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jack Baggott and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

South Melbourne (8.13.61) were defeated by Richmond (16.12.108).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: South Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 31 August 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 17,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 8.13.61 - 16.12.108

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 1 . 4 3 . 7 7 . 9 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Richmond 2 . 2 5 . 6 11 . 7 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
Margin RICH by 4 RICH by 11 RICH by 22 RICH by 47 RICH by 47
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Jack Baggott

Richmond

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 0 ?
13 Couper, Norm ? ? 0 ?
28 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
16 Dineen, Ken ? ? 2 ?
18 Dudley, Merv ? ? 1 ?
24 Evans, Owen ? ? 2 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
9 Jasper, Howard ? ? 0 ?
31 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Matthews, Norm ? ? 0 ?
17 McNaughton, Keith ? ? 0 ?
5 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 2 ?
11 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
4 Ritchie, Rex ? ? 0 ?
19 Virtue, Keith ? ? 1 ?
30 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 13

Richmond

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

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