1897 VFA Season Round 13: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 17 July 1897 between Footscray and Richmond during round thirteen of the 1897 season of the Victorian Football Association. Footscray hosted Richmond at Western Oval. Bob Dick captained the hosts.

Footscray (7.17.59) defeated Richmond (0.5.5).

Match Details

Season: 1897 VFA Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 17 July 1897
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Western Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Richmond
Score: 7.17.59 - 0.5.5

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 6 3 . 12 6 . 15 7 . 17 7 . 17 (59)
Richmond 0 . 0 0 . 1 0 . 3 0 . 5 0 . 5 (5)
Margin FOOT by 12 FOOT by 29 FOOT by 48 FOOT by 54 FOOT by 54
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Bob Dick

Richmond

Captain: unknown

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Carris

Goal Umpires

W. Johnston
Maloney

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Dick, Bob (c) ? ? ? ?
Harris, William ? ? ? ?
Houghton, Fred ? ? ? ?
Williams, Nancy ? ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (4 players) 7 17

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Backhouse, George ? ? ? ?
Bahen, Chris ? ? ? ?
Brennan, Owen ? ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (3 players) 0 5

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s