1944 VFL Season: Richmond

Season Team Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Team: Richmond
Home Ground: Punt Road Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 13-1-4, P%: 131.2%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 34
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Dick Harris (63)
Jack Dyer Medal Recipient(s): Leo Merrett

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Jack Dyer

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bawden, Bob #23 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 26
Bice, Perc #8 6 R10-R15 0
Bower, Ray #16 6 R02-R06, R13 4
Broadstock, Jack #24 8 R01-R02, R07, R15-R18, SF 8
Burge, Fred #10 6 R16-R18, SF, PF, GF 10
Cook, Fred #7, #33 17 R01, R06-R18, SF, PF, GF 10
Cook, Keith #12 15 R01-R06, R08-R10, R13-R14, R18, SF, PF, GF 1
Curran, Kevin #28 11 R01-R07, R09-R10, R12-R13 23
Deagan, Kevin #3 3 R08-R10 2
Durham, Ron #1 7 R01-R07 0
Dyer, Jack #17 17 R01-R11, R16-R18, SF, PF, GF 36
Edwards, Bert #2 19 R01-R08, R10, R12-R18, SF, PF, GF 5
Harris, Dick #20 19 R01-R18, SF 63
Hinson, Joe #27 3 R05, R08-R09 0
Hughes, Frank #4 3 R07-R09 0
Jones, Les #19 3 R18, PF, GF 1
Kemp, Arthur #5 5 R10, R12-R15 0
Lewis, Allen #3 3 R11-R13 0
Maguire, Leo #31 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Merrett, Leo #22 20 R01, R03-R18, SF, PF, GF 13
Mooney, Arthur #15 15 R06-R09, R11-R18, SF, PF, GF 13
Morris, Bill #5, #34 17 R01, R03-R08, R11-R12, R14-R18, SF, PF, GF 12
Oppy, Max #14 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 4
Perkins, Bill #9 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Priestley, Charlie #11 8 R01-R02, R16-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Quinn, Roy #25 9 R03-R04, R06, R11, R14-R17, SF 6
Randall, Brian #29 20 R01-R06, R08-R18, SF, PF, GF 20
Scott, Jack #6 16 R01-R07, R09-R15, PF, GF 2
Smeaton, George #24, #21 18 R02-R04, R06-R12, R14-R18, SF, PF, GF 1
Symons, Jack #19 1 R02 0
Taylor, Laurie #26 7 R01-R05, R10-R11 17
Waldron, Bernie #13 19 R01-R05, R07-R09, R11-R18, SF, PF, GF 8
Wiggins, Bob #3 1 R16 0
Wilson, Bill #32 13 R05, R07-R15, R17, PF, GF 20

Team Line-Up

Back: Max Oppy Bill Perkins Jack Scott
Half-Back: Keith Cook Leo Maguire Allen Lewis
Centre: Perc Bice Arthur Mooney Bert Edwards
Half-Forward: Bernie Waldron Brian Randall Fred Cook
Forward: Leo Merrett Kevin Curran Dick Harris
Follower: Bob Bawden Arthur Kemp Bill Wilson
Interchange: Ray Bower

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)
Dyer, Jack 17 13 -1- 3 R01-R11, R16-R18, SF, PF, GF
Harris, Dick 4 1 -0- 3 R12-R15

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
06/05/1944 Round 1 Melbourne AWAY WIN RIC by 40 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
13/05/1944 Round 2 North Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 20 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
20/05/1944 Round 3 Essendon AWAY WIN RIC by 41 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
27/05/1944 Round 4 Fitzroy HOME WIN RIC by 46 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
03/06/1944 Round 5 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 16 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
10/06/1944 Round 6 Footscray HOME DRAW drawn Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
17/06/1944 Round 7 Geelong HOME WIN RIC by 117 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
24/06/1944 Round 8 South Melbourne AWAY WIN RIC by 35 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
01/07/1944 Round 9 St Kilda HOME WIN RIC by 31 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
08/07/1944 Round 10 Hawthorn AWAY WIN RIC by 19 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
15/07/1944 Round 11 Collingwood HOME WIN RIC by 46 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
22/07/1944 Round 12 Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 41 Dick Harris Dick Harris
29/07/1944 Round 13 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 1 Dick Harris Dick Harris
05/08/1944 Round 14 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 4 Dick Harris Dick Harris
12/08/1944 Round 15 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 50 Dick Harris Dick Harris
19/08/1944 Round 16 Carlton HOME WIN RIC by 18 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
26/08/1944 Round 17 Footscray AWAY WIN RIC by 25 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
02/09/1944 Round 18 Collingwood AWAY WIN RIC by 40 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
16/09/1944 Semi Final Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 11 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
23/09/1944 Preliminary Final Essendon HOME WIN RIC by 21 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
30/09/1944 Grand Final Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 15 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer