1956 Round 1: Richmond v Melbourne

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday, April 14th, 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 25,000
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Melbourne
Score: 8.7.55 - 12.16.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 1 4 . 4 5 . 4 8 . 7 8 . 7 (55)
Melbourne 4 . 6 6 . 8 10 . 14 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
Margin MEL by 17 MEL by 16 MEL by 40 MEL by 33 MEL by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Max Oppy (Richmond), Norm Smith (Melbourne)
Captain(s): Des Rowe (Richmond), Noel McMahen (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Harry Beitzel
Goal Umpire(s):
Boundary Umpire(s):
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Brownlow Votes

3 - unknown/invalid 2 - unknown/invalid 1 - unknown/invalid

Player Statistics (Basic)

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 0 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
34 Claxton, John ? ? 1 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 0 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 Flannagan, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
18 Hafey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
39 Jenkins, John ? ? 0 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 1 ?
12 McGown, Ken ? ? 0 ?
38 Morris, Peter ? ? 2 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 2 ?
15 Rowe, Des ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 Sharp, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total 8 7

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 2 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Keith ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
18 Johnson, Bob ? ? 3 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 1 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 2 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 1 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 3 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 0 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 12 16

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

Richmond Coach: Max Oppy
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Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith

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