1926 VFL Season Round 1: South Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 1 May 1926 between South Melbourne and Richmond during round one of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Richmond at Lakeside Oval. Paddy Scanlan captained the hosts. Mel Morris captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Pannam and the visitors were coached by Mel Morris.

South Melbourne (11.11.77) were defeated by Richmond (12.13.85).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: South Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 1 May 1926
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 11.11.77 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 4 . 5 6 . 6 9 . 9 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Richmond 2 . 2 4 . 9 6 . 11 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Margin SMLB by 15 SMLB by 9 SMLB by 16 RICH by 8 RICH by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Paddy Scanlan
Coach: Charlie Pannam

Richmond

Captain: Mel Morris
Coach: Mel Morris

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Leheny

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Alexander, Harold ? ? 1 ?
6 Allison, Bobby ? ? 3 ?
26 Cameron, Paul ? ? 1 ?
11 Cazaly, Roy ? ? 1 ?
33 Clarke, Harry ? ? 0 ?
21 Condon, Bill ? ? 0 ?
32 Condon, Fred ? ? 0 ?
17 Hogg, Syd ? ? 0 ?
23 Johnson, Ted ? ? 4 ?
28 McDonald, Charles ? ? 0 ?
10 McKay, Hec ? ? 0 ?
25 Nicholls, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
18 Scanlan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
2 Scanlan, Paddy (c) ? ? 1 ?
9 Stanbridge, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
19 Sutton, Bert ? ? 0 ?
12 Tandy, Mark ? ? 0 ?
29 Woodfield, Les ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 11

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Bentley, Perce ? ? 0 ?
6 Boromeo, Bert ? ? 1 ?
23 Gallagher, Les ? ? 4 ?
8 Geddes, Allan ? ? 0 ?
31 Huggard, Jack ? ? 1 ?
27 James, Jack ? ? 2 ?
16 Lilburne, Dooley ? ? 0 ?
4 Lunn, Bennie ? ? 0 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
13 Millar, Keith ? ? 1 ?
11 Morris, Mel (c) ? ? 3 ?
18 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 0 ?
5 Parkin, Roy ? ? 0 ?
3 Robinson, George ? ? 0 ?
32 Rudolph, George ? ? 0 ?
10 Smith, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
31 Valentine, George ? ? 0 ?
7 Waterhouse, George ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 12 13

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