1908 VFL Season Round 1: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 2 May 1908 between Richmond and Melbourne during round one of the 1908 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (8.14.62) defeated Melbourne (7.9.51).

Match Details

Season: 1908 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 2 May 1908
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Melbourne
Score: 8.14.62 - 7.9.51

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
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
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Charlie Pannam
Vice-Captain: Jack Hardiman
Coach: Dick Condon

Melbourne

Captain: Hugh Purse
Coach: Alec Hall

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Boyle

Boundary Umpires

J. O'Loughlin
P. Seyffarth

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
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
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 50s

Player Line-Up

Richmond Coach: Dick Condon
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
B. Monk J. Pearce A. Holland J. Hardiman (vc)

T. Ohlson C. Pannam (c) B. Bourke B. Lang

FORWARD B. Mahoney

HALF-BACK



F. Harris H. Purse (c) P. Mills



B. Schmidt T. Heaney D. Condon



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



B. Homan W. Sykes H. Rigby



B. Bowden H. Hill J. Megson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE J. Johnson

HALF-FORWARD B. Tottey

J. Fitzpatrick B. Onyons J. Smith J. Gardiner

L. Incigneri B. Burns B. Luff



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



J. Donaldson A. Jones H. Friend



E. McDonald T. Ryan C. Williams



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Alec Hall