1941 VFL Season Round 9: Richmond v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 June 1941 between Richmond and South Melbourne during round nine of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted South Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Jack Dyer captained the hosts with Jack Titus as vice-captain. Herbie Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

Richmond (15.13.103) defeated South Melbourne (9.16.70).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Richmond v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 28 June 1941
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. South Melbourne
Score: 15.13.103 - 9.16.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 5 . 1 9 . 8 12 . 11 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
South Melbourne 1 . 4 4 . 6 5 . 11 9 . 16 9 . 16 (70)
Margin RICH by 21 RICH by 32 RICH by 42 RICH by 33 RICH by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Vice-Captain: Jack Titus
Coach: Jack Dyer

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Joe Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Hutchinson

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Ablett, Len ? ? 0 ?
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 3 ?
18 Crane, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 1 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 3 ?
27 Hull, Ian ? ? 0 ?
10 McDonald, Alan ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 0 ?
5 O'Connell, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
32 Quinn, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Randall, Brian ? ? 1 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Laird ? ? 1 ?
4 Steele, Ray ? ? 0 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack (vc) ? ? 4 ?
35 White, Bill ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 13

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baxter, Archie ? ? 2 ?
10 Benison, Alf ? ? 0 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 0 ?
16 Dineen, Ken ? ? 1 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 3 ?
2 Grieve, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Harris, Wilbur ? ? 0 ?
14 Huxtable, Eric ? ? 0 ?
31 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
8 Martin, Des ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 McCrory, Alan ? ? 0 ?
21 Mullenger, Allan ? ? 2 ?
11 Richards, Reg ? ? 1 ?
4 Ritchie, Rex ? ? 0 ?
32 Traynor, Harold ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 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