1912 VFL Season Round 8: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 8 June 1912 between Melbourne and Richmond during round eight of the 1912 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Alf George captained the hosts. Ted Ohlson captained the visitors with Ted Farrell as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Alec Hall and the visitors were coached by Charlie Pannam.

Melbourne (14.14.98) defeated Richmond (4.9.33).

Match Details

Season: 1912 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 8 June 1912
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 8,970

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 14.14.98 - 4.9.33

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 2 7 . 7 9 . 11 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Richmond 0 . 4 1 . 5 2 . 7 4 . 9 4 . 9 (33)
Margin MELB by 10 MELB by 38 MELB by 46 MELB by 65 MELB by 65
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Alf George
Coach: Alec Hall

Richmond

Captain: Ted Ohlson
Vice-Captain: Ted Farrell
Coach: Charlie Pannam

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Elder

Goal Umpires

A. Collis
P. Devine

Boundary Umpires

B. Davies
W. Roy

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Brereton, Harry ? ? 8 ?
14 Bristow, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Cope, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Daniel, Vern ? ? 0 ?
29 Evans, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Fitzpatrick, Jim ? ? 1 ?
3 George, Alf (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Harris, Frank ? ? 0 ?
5 Hendrie, Bill ? ? 1 ?
15 Lane, Tim ? ? 1 ?
6 McKenzie, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Monk, Bobby ? ? 2 ?
17 Naismith, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Pearce, Joe ? ? 0 ?
25 Politz, Ted ? ? 0 ?
23 Purse, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
24 Strong, Jack ? ? 1 ?
11 Tomkins, Hedley ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 14 14

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Burns, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Danks, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
9 Farrell, Ted (vc) ? ? 0 ?
1 Herbert, Barney ? ? 0 ?
15 James, Hughie ? ? 1 ?
16 Jones, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Keggin, Ted ? ? 0 ?
17 Maguire, Mick ? ? 1 ?
3 Maybury, Percy ? ? 0 ?
19 McCashney, Frank ? ? 0 ?
8 O'Donoghue, Alan ? ? 1 ?
2 Ohlson, Ted (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 Oliver, Les ? ? 1 ?
14 Pattison, Andy ? ? 0 ?
13 Price, Dick ? ? 0 ?
11 Reeves, Syd ? ? 0 ?
20 Smith, Percy ? ? 0 ?
5 Thorp, Vic ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 4 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