1941 VFL Season Round 11: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 12 July 1941 between Melbourne and Richmond during round eleven of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts. In the absence of Jack Dyer, vice-captain Jack Titus captained the visitors with George Smeaton as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Jack Titus.

Melbourne (14.24.108) defeated Richmond (8.13.61).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 12 July 1941
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 20,765

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 14.24.108 - 8.13.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 3 6 . 8 10 . 15 14 . 24 14 . 24 (108)
Richmond 2 . 1 4 . 5 6 . 9 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Margin MELB by 8 MELB by 15 MELB by 30 MELB by 47 MELB by 47
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Coach: Frank Hughes

Richmond

Captain: Jack Titus (acting)
Vice-Captain: George Smeaton (acting)
Coach: Jack Titus (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 2 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 2 ?
28 Cordner, Ted ? ? 0 ?
27 Daly, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
34 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 1 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 1 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 1 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 3 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 3 ?
26 Wilson, Mac ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 24

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Ablett, Len ? ? 0 ?
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 0 ?
21 Brooks, Keith ? ? 0 ?
15 Cotter, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Crane, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
27 Hull, Ian ? ? 0 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 0 ?
10 McDonald, Alan ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 0 ?
5 O'Connell, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
32 Quinn, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Randall, Brian ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George (avc) ? ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Laird ? ? 3 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack (ac) ? ? 5 ?
35 White, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 13

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