1916 VFL Season Round 2: Fitzroy v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 13 May 1916 between Fitzroy and Richmond during round two of the 1916 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Richmond at Brunswick Street Oval. Wally Johnson captained the hosts. Bill Thomas captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by George Holden and the visitors were coached by Charlie Ricketts.

Fitzroy (9.12.66) defeated Richmond (5.7.37).

Match Details

Season: 1916 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Fitzroy v Richmond
Date: Saturday 13 May 1916
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 5,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Richmond
Score: 9.12.66 - 5.7.37

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 4 6 . 7 7 . 11 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Richmond 0 . 2 4 . 5 5 . 5 5 . 7 5 . 7 (37)
Margin FITZ by 26 FITZ by 14 FITZ by 18 FITZ by 29 FITZ by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Wally Johnson
Coach: George Holden

Richmond

Captain: Bill Thomas
Coach: Charlie Ricketts

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Elder

Goal Umpires

J. Jones
J. Monohan

Boundary Umpires

B. Payne
A. Wickham

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Abbott, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
8 Bamford, Fred ? ? 0 ?
24 Fergie, Clive ? ? 0 ?
9 Freake, Jim ? ? 4 ?
21 Heaney, Tom ? ? 0 ?
5 Jenkin, Horrie ? ? 1 ?
14 Johnson, Wally (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Lenne, Bert ? ? 0 ?
12 Lethbridge, Chris ? ? 0 ?
28 Lowrie, Tom ? ? 0 ?
19 McLennan, Harold ? ? 1 ?
26 Millen, Roy ? ? 0 ?
22 Norris, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
29 O'Dee, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Parratt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
6 Purcell, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
17 Shaw, George ? ? 1 ?
3 Toohey, Jim ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 12

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Alessio, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Barnes, Bert ? ? 1 ?
2 Bayliss, George ? ? 1 ?
16 Bettles, Artie ? ? 0 ?
10 Burke, Leo ? ? 0 ?
7 Burns, Bill ? ? 0 ?
21 Cronk, Jack ? ? 1 ?
18 Derrick, Ted ? ? 0 ?
26 Eason, Alec ? ? 0 ?
22 Hall, Clarrie ? ? 1 ?
20 Harley, Frank ? ? 0 ?
1 Herbert, Barney ? ? 0 ?
14 Moffatt, Dave ? ? 1 ?
19 Shand, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
7 Stewart, Ray ? ? 0 ?
12 Taylor, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 Thomas, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Thorp, Vic ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 5 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