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Melbourne vs Richmond

Scoreboard | Match statistics

Round: 2   Venue: M.C.G.   Date: Sat, 04-05-1940 2:45 pm   Crowd: 20,044  
Melbourne 4.4.2810.7.6712.11.8318.14.122 C:  Frank Hughes
Richmond 2.4.167.8.5010.13.7314.15.99 C:  Perce Bentley
  MELB by 12MELB by 17MELB by 10MELB by 23  

Match stats

Melbourne Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
36 Anderson, Sid 0 22y 122d 13 8
15 Baggott, Ron 2 23y 109d 71 171
11 Ball, Harold 1 19y 341d 21 31
31 Barassi, Ron 0 26y 193d 46 73
3 Baxter, Bill 0 20y 341d 5 0
24 Beames, Percy 4 28y 282d 136 216
9 Emselle, Richie 0 22y 223d 36 3
8 Fischer, Rowley 0 30y 70d 109 31
10 Gibb, Maurie 1 26y 87d 67 113
1 Jones, Gordon 0 26y 185d 53 2
17 La Fontaine, Allan 0 29y 141d 108 58
12 Mueller, Jack 0 24y 238d 100 124
7 Murnane, Hugh 0 23y 188d 42 31
29 O'Keefe, Jack 1 24y 218d 14 8
19 Roberts, Frank 0 28y 67d 91 49
30 Rodda, Alby 3 19y 239d 10 17
4 Smith, Norm 4 24y 165d 74 217
5 Truscott, Keith 2 23y 353d 42 25
23 Wartman, Ray 0 25y 96d 85 39
  Rushed   14  
  Totals         18 14         24y 288d 1123 1216
Richmond Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
23 Bawden, Bob 0 23y 66d 11 2
1 Bentley, Percy 2 33y 143d 246 246
21 Cosgrove, Billy 0 21y 175d 2 0
15 Cotter, Jack 0 25y 117d 73 0
18 Crane, Jack 0 26y 252d 57 9
2 Edwards, Bert 0 25y 134d 32 8
20 Harris, Dick 4 28y 196d 110 289
27 Hull, Ian 0 23y 319d 52 30
7 Martin, Ray 0 30y 168d 141 129
10 McDonald, Alan 0 21y 316d 13 1
5 O'Connell, Maurie 3 23y 60d 17 30
16 O'Neill, Kevin 0 32y 45d 188 12
11 Priestley, Charlie 0 23y 317d 22 1
6 Scott, Jack 0 24y 190d 21 10
24 Smeaton, George 1 22y 343d 71 32
8 Smith, Laird 0 26y 293d 78 110
4 Steele, Ray 0 22y 351d 2 0
19 Symons, Jack 1 27y 359d 69 53
12 Titus, Jack 3 1 32y 56d 226 700
  Rushed   14  
  Totals         14 15         26y 51d 1431 1662

Match highlights

Ray Martin played his 150th V/AFL game: Richmond vs. Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R2)
Jack Titus kicked his 700th career V/AFL goal: Richmond vs. Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R2)

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.