1925 VFL Season Round 8: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 20 June 1925 between Richmond and Footscray during round eight of the 1925 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at Punt Road Oval. Mel Morris captained the hosts. Con McCarthy captained the visitors with Vic Samson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Mel Morris and the visitors were coached by Con McCarthy.

Richmond (9.21.75) were defeated by Footscray (12.9.81).

Match Details

Season: 1925 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 20 June 1925
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Footscray
Score: 9.21.75 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 3 5 . 6 5 . 15 9 . 21 9 . 21 (75)
Footscray 3 . 3 7 . 6 11 . 8 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Margin RICH by 6 FOOT by 12 FOOT by 29 FOOT by 6 FOOT by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Mel Morris
Coach: Mel Morris (caretaker)

Footscray

Captain: Con McCarthy
Vice-Captain: Vic Samson
Coach: Con McCarthy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Reilly

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Barnett, Jack ? ? 1 ?
29 Bourke, Ted ? ? 0 ?
33 Empey, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
26 Fraser, Don ? ? 1 ?
8 Geddes, Allan ? ? 0 ?
16 Harley, Frank ? ? 0 ?
20 Hayes, Doug ? ? 0 ?
25 Huggard, Frank ? ? 0 ?
19 Huggard, Jack ? ? 6 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
11 Morris, Mel (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 1 ?
15 Reid, Reuben ? ? 0 ?
3 Robinson, George ? ? 0 ?
10 Smith, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
5 Thorp, Vic ? ? 0 ?
31 Valentine, George ? ? 0 ?
7 Yates, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 21

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Bayliss, George ? ? 2 ?
32 Clissold, George ? ? 0 ?
15 Croft, Joshua ? ? 1 ?
26 Doolan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
21 Gibb, Rupert ? ? 1 ?
31 Griffiths, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
29 Hopkins, Allan ? ? 4 ?
14 Laidlaw, Col ? ? 0 ?
1 McCarthy, Con (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 McDonald, Norm ? ? 1 ?
24 McHenry, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
30 McIntyre, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Nunan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
8 Rudd, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
2 Samson, Vic (vc) ? ? 0 ?
6 Sands, Jack ? ? 1 ?
28 Sherman, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Thompson, Sid ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 12 9

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