1908 VFL Round 1: Richmond v Melbourne
This is the match report for the match played on 2 May 1908 between Richmond and Melbourne during round 1 of the 1908 VFL season.
Richmond hosted Melbourne at Punt Road Oval.
Charlie Pannam captained the hosts with Jack Hardiman as vice-captain.
Hugh Purse captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Dick Condon and the visitors were coached by Alec Hall.
Richmond
Back:
C. Williams, T. Ryan, E. McDonald
Half-back:
B. Luff, B. Burns, L. Incigneri
Centre:
J. Megson, H. Hill, B. Bowden
Half-forward:
D. Condon, T. Heaney, B. Schmidt
Forward:
B. Bourke, C. Pannam (capt.), T. Ohlson
Follower:
J. Hardiman (vice-capt.), B. Lang, B. Mahoney
Melbourne
Back:
B. Monk, J. Pearce, A. Holland
Half-back:
F. Harris, H. Purse (capt.), P. Mills
Centre:
B. Homan, W. Sykes, H. Rigby
Half-forward:
J. Fitzpatrick, B. Onyons, J. Smith
Forward:
J. Donaldson, A. Jones, H. Friend
Follower:
J. Johnson, B. Tottey, J. Gardiner
Richmond (8.14.62) defeated Melbourne (7.9.51).
Goalkickers
Richmond: B. Schmidt (4), B. Bourke, D. Condon, T. Heaney, C. Pannam
Melbourne: A. Jones (2), J. Fitzpatrick, B. Homan, B. Onyons, J. Smith, B. Tottey
As a result of this match, Richmond were then 4th on the ladder and Melbourne were then 7th on the ladder by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1908 VFL Season
Round:
Round 1
Teams:
Richmond
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Melbourne
Date:
Saturday 2 May 1908
Time:
3:00 PM
Venue:
Punt Road Oval
Attendance:
8,000
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Richmond | 0 | . | 5 | 4 | . | 8 | 7 | . | 11 | 8 | . | 14 | 8 | . | 14 | (62) |
| Melbourne | 3 | . | 1 | 6 | . | 5 | 6 | . | 7 | 7 | . | 9 | 7 | . | 9 | (51) |
| Margin | MELB by 14 | MELB by 9 | RICH by 10 | RICH by 11 | RICH by 11 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Coaches:
Dick Condon
(Richmond),
Alec Hall
(Melbourne)
Captains:
Charlie Pannam
(Richmond),
Hugh Purse
(Melbourne)
Vice-Captains:
Jack Hardiman
(Richmond),
unknown
(Melbourne)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
B. Boyle
Boundary Umpire:
J. O'Loughlin,
P. Seyffarth
Player Statistics
Richmond
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Bourke, Bill | FPL | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Bowden, Bob | WR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Burns, Bill | CHB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Condon, Dick | HFFL | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Hardiman, Jack (vc) | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Heaney, Tom | CHF | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Hill, Herbert | C | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Incigneri, Len | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Lang, Bill | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Luff, Bill | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Mahoney, Bill | RO | ? | 0 | ? | |
| McDonald, Ernie | BPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Megson, Jack | WL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Ohlson, Ted | FPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Pannam, Charlie (c) | FF | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Ryan, Ted | FB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Schmidt, Billy | HFFR | ? | 4 | ? | |
| Williams, Charles | BPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (18 players) | 8 | 14 | |||
Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Donaldson, Jack | FPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Fitzpatrick, Jim | HFFL | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Friend, Herb | FPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Gardiner, Jack | RO | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Harris, Frank | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Holland, Alex | BPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Homan, Bill | WL | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Johnson, Jack | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Jones, Alf | FF | ? | 2 | ? | |
| Mills, Paddy | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Monk, Bobby | BPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Onyons, Basil | CHF | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Pearce, Joe | FB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Purse, Hugh (c) | CHB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rigby, Harry | WR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Smith, Jack | HFFR | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Sykes, Wally | C | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Tottey, Bill | RU | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (18 players) | 7 | 9 | |||
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
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| B. Monk | J. Pearce | A. Holland | J. Hardiman (vc) |
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| T. Ohlson | C. Pannam (c) | B. Bourke | B. Lang |
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| F. Harris | H. Purse (c) | P. Mills |
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| B. Schmidt | T. Heaney | D. Condon |
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| B. Homan | W. Sykes | H. Rigby |
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| B. Bowden | H. Hill | J. Megson | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | |||||||||||
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| J. Fitzpatrick | B. Onyons | J. Smith | J. Gardiner |
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| L. Incigneri | B. Burns | B. Luff |
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| J. Donaldson | A. Jones | H. Friend |
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| E. McDonald | T. Ryan | C. Williams |
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| Melbourne | Coach: Alec Hall | ||||||||||||||