1916 VFL Season Round 5: Richmond v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 5 June 1916 between Richmond and Fitzroy during round five of the 1916 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Fitzroy at Punt Road Oval. Bill Thomas captained the hosts. Wally Johnson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Ricketts and the visitors were coached by George Holden.

Richmond (19.13.127) defeated Fitzroy (9.14.68).

Match Details

Season: 1916 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Richmond v Fitzroy
Date: Monday 5 June 1916
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Fitzroy
Score: 19.13.127 - 9.14.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 2 7 . 7 14 . 9 19 . 13 19 . 13 (127)
Fitzroy 4 . 4 5 . 5 8 . 10 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Margin FITZ by 14 RICH by 14 RICH by 35 RICH by 59 RICH by 59
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Bill Thomas
Coach: Charlie Ricketts

Fitzroy

Captain: Wally Johnson
Coach: George Holden

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Norden

Goal Umpires

E. Barter
C. Bell

Boundary Umpires

B. Boyle
S. Campton

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Alessio, Harry ? ? 0 ?
2 Bayliss, George ? ? 3 ?
16 Bettles, Artie ? ? 0 ?
18 Derrick, Ted ? ? 4 ?
26 Eason, Alec ? ? 3 ?
22 Hall, Clarrie ? ? 1 ?
6 Hede, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Herbert, Barney ? ? 0 ?
24 Kiernan, Basil ? ? 0 ?
13 Martini, Percy ? ? 3 ?
3 Maybury, Percy ? ? 0 ?
14 Moffatt, Dave ? ? 1 ?
11 Reeves, Syd ? ? 0 ?
8 Richardson, Howard ? ? 3 ?
19 Shand, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
12 Taylor, Roy ? ? 1 ?
4 Thomas, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Thorp, Vic ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 19 13

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Abbott, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
32 Ballantyne, Frank ? ? 0 ?
8 Bamford, Fred ? ? 0 ?
1 Buist, Teddy ? ? 0 ?
9 Freake, Jim ? ? 1 ?
21 Heaney, Tom ? ? 3 ?
5 Jenkin, Horrie ? ? 3 ?
14 Johnson, Wally (c) ? ? 0 ?
15 King, Bob ? ? 0 ?
7 Lambert, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Lenne, Bert ? ? 0 ?
12 Lethbridge, Chris ? ? 0 ?
28 Lowrie, Tom ? ? 0 ?
26 Millen, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 O'Keefe, Frank ? ? 1 ?
20 Parratt, Percy ? ? 1 ?
17 Shaw, George ? ? 0 ?
18 Smith, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 14

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