1919 VFL Season Round 3: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 17 May 1919 between Melbourne and Richmond during round three of the 1919 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. George Heinz captained the hosts. Bill Thomas captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by George Heinz and the visitors were coached by Norm Clark.

Melbourne (7.7.49) were defeated by Richmond (11.14.80).

Match Details

Season: 1919 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 17 May 1919
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 6,006

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 7.7.49 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 1 4 . 4 4 . 6 7 . 7 7 . 7 (49)
Richmond 3 . 4 4 . 9 9 . 10 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Margin RICH by 9 RICH by 5 RICH by 34 RICH by 31 RICH by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: George Heinz
Coach: George Heinz

Richmond

Captain: Bill Thomas
Coach: Norm Clark

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Collins

Boundary Umpires

Harris

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Allen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
27 Connole, Jack ? ? 1 ?
10 Coulter, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
7 Gibb, Reg ? ? 0 ?
14 Gray, Alec ? ? 0 ?
26 Hall, Cyril ? ? 0 ?
15 Heinz, George (c) ? ? 1 ?
21 House, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Huntington, Jack ? ? 1 ?
17 Kenney, Con ? ? 1 ?
5 Love, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Love, Percy ? ? 1 ?
6 Matthews, Herb ? ? 0 ?
4 McKenzie, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 McLean, Allan ? ? 0 ?
23 Salvado, Alex ? ? 0 ?
2 Tonkin, Eric ? ? 2 ?
16 Walker, George ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 7

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Bayliss, George ? ? 2 ?
16 Bettles, Artie ? ? 0 ?
10 Burke, Leo ? ? 0 ?
8 Carew, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
17 Don, Donald ? ? 1 ?
25 Fehring, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
22 Hall, Clarrie ? ? 3 ?
1 Herbert, Barney ? ? 0 ?
26 Hood, Edmund ? ? 0 ?
14 Moffatt, Dave ? ? 0 ?
9 Morris, Stan ? ? 0 ?
19 Shand, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
10 Smith, Jimmy ? ? 1 ?
4 Thomas, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Thorp, Vic ? ? 0 ?
7 Threlfall, George ? ? 1 ?
15 Weatherill, Bob ? ? 3 ?
28 Weatherill, George ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 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