1912 VFL Season Round 17: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 August 1912 between Richmond and Melbourne during round seventeen of the 1912 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. In the absence of Ted Ohlson, vice-captain Ted Farrell captained the hosts. Alf George captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Pannam and the visitors were coached by Alec Hall.

Richmond (9.9.63) were defeated by Melbourne (11.7.73).

Match Details

Season: 1912 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 24 August 1912
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Melbourne
Score: 9.9.63 - 11.7.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 3 5 . 3 7 . 9 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Melbourne 0 . 2 6 . 4 7 . 5 11 . 7 11 . 7 (73)
Margin RICH by 25 MELB by 7 RICH by 4 MELB by 10 MELB by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Ted Farrell (acting)
Coach: Charlie Pannam

Melbourne

Captain: Alf George
Coach: Alec Hall

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Boyle

Goal Umpires

A. Collis
P. Devine

Boundary Umpires

B. Davies
F. Pierce

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Bowden, Bob ? ? 0 ?
23 Danks, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
9 Farrell, Ted (ac) ? ? 1 ?
6 Gibson, George ? ? 0 ?
22 Hall, Clarrie ? ? 1 ?
1 Herbert, Barney ? ? 1 ?
16 Jones, Bill ? ? 1 ?
18 Keggin, Ted ? ? 4 ?
4 Love, Frank ? ? 0 ?
3 Maybury, Percy ? ? 0 ?
19 McCashney, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Moffatt, Dave ? ? 0 ?
12 Oliver, Les ? ? 0 ?
13 Price, Dick ? ? 0 ?
11 Reeves, Syd ? ? 0 ?
4 Sheehan, Percy ? ? 0 ?
5 Thorp, Vic ? ? 1 ?
8 Walker, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 9

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Allen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Brereton, Harry ? ? 6 ?
14 Bristow, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Cope, Harry ? ? 1 ?
29 Evans, Jack ? ? 0 ?
3 George, Alf (c) ? ? 1 ?
5 Hendrie, Bill ? ? 0 ?
27 Joolen, Herb ? ? 2 ?
15 Lane, Tim ? ? 0 ?
30 Maguire, Mick ? ? 1 ?
6 McKenzie, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Monk, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
17 Naismith, Wally ? ? 0 ?
26 Odgers, Hughie ? ? 0 ?
19 Pearce, Joe ? ? 0 ?
23 Purse, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
11 Tomkins, Hedley ? ? 0 ?
31 Wellington, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 7

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