Team: Richmond (VFL)
Location: Punt Road Oval (East Melbourne)
Date: 1937
People:
Back Row: George Bates, Reg Henderson, Billy Wells, Jack Crane, Ian Hull, Jack Symons, Jack Dyer, Danny Guinane
Middle Row: Dick Chirgwin, Martin Bolger, Jack Titus, Perce Bentley, Jack Cotter, Kevin O'Neill, Dick Harris
Front Row: Les Patton, Geoff Grant, George Smeaton
Comment
Further Work Needed
Note Black Shorts (Home Game)
The names identified in Tigerland are slightly different than those used at AFL tables
As the 1937 Richmond squad only included one person of that last name when the first name is in doubt, logic dictates that:
J Wells must be Billy Wells
R Chirgwin must be Dick Chirgwin
M. Patton must be Les Patton
J. Grant must be Geoff Grant
Assuming this is the case, the game must therefore be
Round: 8 Venue: Punt Rd Date: Sat, 12-Jun-1937
Richmond 2.7.19 7.16.58 11.20.86 14.24.108
Carlton 2.4.16 7.7.49 10.15.75 13.19.97
http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1937/031419370612.html
Les Patton played only one home game in his career total of 4 games. This must be that match.
All other players match that game.
Missing from the photo is Gerald Hayes
Research by James Taylor indicates that Hayes was the 19th man. There is a mention of Hayes being omitted and, in the team selections on the same page, listed at one of three emergencies. from The Argus 11.6.1937 p13.
Duplicates - Near Identical Photos
The supporter standing behind the gate to the right of the image was vital to identifying the match between this image and other known Boyles images.
NSM 1986.1170.487 (Negative and wider shot of this image)
NSM M10654.10 (slight variation of this image)
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