1940 VFL Season Semi Final 2: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 14 September 1940 between Melbourne and Richmond in the second semi final of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. Perce Bentley captained the visitors with Jack Dyer as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Melbourne (14.17.101) were defeated by Richmond (16.11.107).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Second Semi Final
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 14 September 1940
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 54,763

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 14.17.101 - 16.11.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 4 6 . 8 11 . 17 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Richmond 4 . 3 9 . 7 13 . 8 16 . 11 16 . 11 (107)
Margin MELB by 1 RICH by 17 RICH by 3 RICH by 6 RICH by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

Richmond

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 4 ?
11 Ball, Harold ? ? 0 ?
3 Baxter, Bill ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 1 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 1 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 2 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 1 ?
5 Truscott, Keith ? ? 4 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 17

Richmond

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