1914 VFL Season Round 5: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 23 May 1914 between Richmond and Geelong during round five of the 1914 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Geelong at Punt Road Oval. Barney Herbert captained the hosts. Billy Orchard captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Ricketts and the visitors were coached by Billy Orchard.

Richmond (10.17.77) defeated Geelong (6.17.53).

Match Details

Season: 1914 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Richmond v Geelong
Date: Saturday 23 May 1914
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 9,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Geelong
Score: 10.17.77 - 6.17.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 8 5 . 9 6 . 15 10 . 17 10 . 17 (77)
Geelong 1 . 4 3 . 11 5 . 15 6 . 17 6 . 17 (53)
Margin RICH by 16 RICH by 10 RICH by 6 RICH by 24 RICH by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Barney Herbert
Coach: Charlie Ricketts

Geelong

Captain: Billy Orchard
Coach: Billy Orchard

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Elder

Goal Umpires

A. Collis
J. Monohan

Boundary Umpires

B. Davies
R. Treloar

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Bettles, Artie ? ? 0 ?
24 Danks, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
9 Farrell, Ted ? ? 0 ?
22 Hall, Clarrie ? ? 3 ?
1 Herbert, Barney (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Hughes, Frank ? ? 0 ?
15 James, Hughie ? ? 0 ?
18 Keggin, Ted ? ? 2 ?
10 Mahoney, Bill ? ? 0 ?
29 Martyn, Perc ? ? 3 ?
3 Maybury, Percy ? ? 2 ?
14 Moffatt, Dave ? ? 0 ?
17 Morgan, Fred ? ? 0 ?
7 Nolan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Ohlson, Ted ? ? 0 ?
11 Reeves, Syd ? ? 0 ?
28 Thomas, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Thorp, Vic ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 17

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Armstrong, Les ? ? 0 ?
25 Baker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Brownlees, Tom ? ? 0 ?
27 Collins, Basil ? ? 0 ?
16 Conradi, Harold ? ? 0 ?
12 Dalton, Bert ? ? 0 ?
26 Eason, Alec ? ? 1 ?
15 Eason, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Fairbairn, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Grigg, Dick ? ? 0 ?
18 Healy, Leo ? ? 0 ?
1 Heinz, George ? ? 1 ?
3 Marsham, Harry ? ? 0 ?
14 Martini, Percy ? ? 3 ?
4 McCarter, Billy ? ? 0 ?
11 Orchard, Billy (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 Rankin, Bert ? ? 1 ?
23 Wilton, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 17

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