1929 VFL Season: Richmond

Season Team Details

Season: 1929 VFL Season
Team: Richmond
Home Ground: Punt Road Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 12-1-5, P%: 121.7%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 29
Brownlow Leader(s): Jack Titus (3)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack McCormack (46)
Jack Dyer Medal Recipient(s): Jack Titus

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Dooley Lilburne

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Allan, Alan #15 18 R01-R18 16
Baggott, Jack #14 13 R08-R09, R11-R18, SF, PF, GF 22
Bentley, Perce #1 20 R01-R16, R18, SF, PF, GF 12
Benton, Bill #3 19 R01-R06, R08-R11, R13-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Dunne, Tom #17 13 R03, R07-R11, R15-R18, SF, PF, GF 1
Empey, Ralph #33 12 R01-R06, R10, R12-R13, SF, PF, GF 4
Fincher, Jack #10 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 19
Foster, Bert #11 12 R01-R12 8
Gallagher, Les #23 12 R01-R04, R06-R08, R14-R18 2
Geddes, Allan #8 13 R08-R10, R12-R18, SF, PF, GF 2
Harris, Don #2 10 R07-R14, PF, GF 0
Harris, Stan #25 4 R04-R06, R11 4
Heifner, Fred #33, #26 13 R02-R03, R10-R11, R13-R18, SF, PF, GF 2
Hunter, Maurie #20 9 R09-R10, R15-R18, SF, PF, GF 21
Jamison, Sam #15 1 R05 0
Judkins, Stan #6 14 R01-R02, R07-R18 0
Lilburne, Dooley #16 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 8
Lunn, Bennie #4 2 R01, R07 0
Lynch, Dave #28 1 R06 4
McCormack, Basil #9 17 R01-R09, R12-R18, SF 0
McCormack, Jack #21 13 R01-R05, R07-R14 46
Murdoch, Joe #13 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
O'Halloran, Tom #18 13 R01-R07, R16-R18, SF, PF, GF 16
Ryan, Stan #7 14 R04-R05, R08-R15, R17, SF, PF, GF 8
Sheahan, Maurie #4 18 R01-R07, R11-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Titus, Jack #12 19 R01-R09, R12-R18, SF, PF, GF 54
Watson, Carl #22 15 R01-R12, SF, PF, GF 3
Weidner, Harry #7, #29 19 R01-R07, R10-R18, SF, PF, GF 25
Wilson, Bob #11 1 R06 0

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Hughes, Frank 21 14 -1- 6 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
27/04/1929 Round 1 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 17 Frank Hughes Dooley Lilburne
04/05/1929 Round 2 Carlton HOME WIN RIC by 10 Frank Hughes Dooley Lilburne
11/05/1929 Round 3 Essendon AWAY WIN RIC by 44 Frank Hughes Dooley Lilburne
18/05/1929 Round 4 Footscray HOME WIN RIC by 18 Frank Hughes Dooley Lilburne
25/05/1929 Round 5 Hawthorn HOME WIN RIC by 41 Frank Hughes Dooley Lilburne
01/06/1929 Round 6 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 3 Frank Hughes Dooley Lilburne
15/06/1929 Round 7 Geelong HOME WIN RIC by 8 Frank Hughes Dooley Lilburne
22/06/1929 Round 8 Fitzroy AWAY WIN RIC by 41 Frank Hughes Dooley Lilburne
29/06/1929 Round 9 North Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 53 Frank Hughes Dooley Lilburne
06/07/1929 Round 10 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 3 Frank Hughes Dooley Lilburne
13/07/1929 Round 11 St Kilda HOME WIN RIC by 38 Frank Hughes Dooley Lilburne
20/07/1929 Round 12 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 42 Frank Hughes Dooley Lilburne
27/07/1929 Round 13 Carlton AWAY WIN RIC by 36 Frank Hughes Dooley Lilburne
03/08/1929 Round 14 Essendon HOME DRAW drawn Frank Hughes Dooley Lilburne
10/08/1929 Round 15 Footscray AWAY WIN RIC by 27 Frank Hughes Dooley Lilburne
17/08/1929 Round 16 Hawthorn AWAY WIN RIC by 22 Frank Hughes Dooley Lilburne
24/08/1929 Round 17 South Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 71 Frank Hughes Dooley Lilburne
31/08/1929 Round 18 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 40 Frank Hughes Dooley Lilburne
14/09/1929 Semi Final Collingwood AWAY WIN RIC by 62 Frank Hughes Dooley Lilburne
21/09/1929 Preliminary Final Carlton AWAY WIN RIC by 6 Frank Hughes Dooley Lilburne
28/09/1929 Grand Final Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 29 Frank Hughes Dooley Lilburne