1909 VFL Season Round 1: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 1 May 1909 between Richmond and Melbourne during round one of the 1909 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Dick Condon captained the hosts with Ivor Lawson as vice-captain. Bernie Nolan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Condon and the visitors were coached by Alec Hall.

Richmond (9.9.63) were defeated by Melbourne (11.8.74).

Match Details

Season: 1909 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 1 May 1909
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Melbourne
Score: 9.9.63 - 11.8.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 2 5 . 5 9 . 6 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Melbourne 3 . 3 6 . 3 7 . 7 11 . 8 11 . 8 (74)
Margin MELB by 1 MELB by 4 RICH by 11 MELB by 11 MELB by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Dick Condon
Vice-Captain: Ivor Lawson
Coach: Dick Condon

Melbourne

Captain: Bernie Nolan
Coach: Alec Hall

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. James

Goal Umpires

F. Franks
J. Lucas

Boundary Umpires

A. Kenny
H. Lampe

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Bourke, Bill ? ? 3 ?
Bourke, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
Bowden, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Burns, Bill ? ? 1 ?
Chapman, Doug ? ? 0 ?
Condon, Dick (c) ? ? 0 ?
Heaney, Tom ? ? 3 ?
Herbert, Barney ? ? 0 ?
Incigneri, Len ? ? 0 ?
Lawson, Ivor (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Mahoney, Bill ? ? 1 ?
Megson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Neil, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Ohlson, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Price, Syd ? ? 1 ?
Schmidt, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Tottey, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 9

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Brereton, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Cope, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Coutie, Vin ? ? 6 ?
Daniel, Vern ? ? 0 ?
Fargie, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Fitzpatrick, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Harris, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Hodgkins, Joe ? ? 2 ?
McNeilage, George ? ? 0 ?
Monk, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
Nolan, Bernie (c) ? ? 0 ?
Norman, Len ? ? 0 ?
Odgers, Hughie ? ? 1 ?
Parke, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Pearce, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Purse, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
Smith, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Strong, Jack ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 8

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