1926 VFL Season Round 2: Richmond v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 8 May 1926 between Richmond and Fitzroy during round two of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Fitzroy at Punt Road Oval. Mel Morris captained the hosts. Bill Adams captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mel Morris and the visitors were coached by Vic Belcher.

Richmond (18.8.116) defeated Fitzroy (8.10.58).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Richmond v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 8 May 1926
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 22,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Fitzroy
Score: 18.8.116 - 8.10.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 3 9 . 3 14 . 4 18 . 8 18 . 8 (116)
Fitzroy 1 . 2 3 . 5 4 . 8 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Margin RICH by 19 RICH by 34 RICH by 56 RICH by 58 RICH by 58
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Mel Morris
Coach: Mel Morris

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Adams
Coach: Vic Belcher

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Mutch

Boundary Umpires

B. Greenwood

Player Statistics

Richmond

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

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Adams, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Carey, Bert ? ? 1 ?
11 Cashman, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 Chapman, Charles ? ? 0 ?
12 Cockram, Norm ? ? 0 ?
29 Collins, Goldie ? ? 0 ?
27 Corrigan, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
14 Dickens, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
17 Gordon, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Hellwig, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
4 Jenkin, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
32 Knipe, Reg ? ? 1 ?
24 McCracken, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrick, Bob ? ? 0 ?
35 Millen, Jack ? ? 2 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 4 ?
7 Truman, Vic ? ? 0 ?
31 Warren, Les ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 10

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