1926 VFL Season Round 4: Richmond v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 1926 between Richmond and Hawthorn during round four of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Hawthorn at Punt Road Oval. Mel Morris captained the hosts. Paddy Burke captained the visitors with Clem Splatt as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Mel Morris and the visitors were coached by Dan Minogue.

Richmond (16.16.112) defeated Hawthorn (14.16.100).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Richmond v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 22 May 1926
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Hawthorn
Score: 16.16.112 - 14.16.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 6 9 . 10 13 . 15 16 . 16 16 . 16 (112)
Hawthorn 3 . 4 7 . 10 10 . 12 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
Margin RICH by 8 RICH by 12 RICH by 21 RICH by 12 RICH by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Mel Morris
Coach: Mel Morris

Hawthorn

Captain: Paddy Burke
Vice-Captain: Clem Splatt
Coach: Dan Minogue

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Richmond

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

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Burke, Paddy (c) RU ? 0 ?
26 Calwell, Bert WL ? 0 ?
17 Everuss, Tom HBFR ? 0 ?
11 Finch, Fred FPL ? 2 ?
33 Francis, Jack FF ? 1 ?
14 Gill, Jack WR ? 0 ?
32 Hyde, Bert FPR ? 6 ?
29 Keary, Pat BPL ? 0 ?
16 Lethlean, Clarrie BPR ? 1 ?
13 Logan, Dick HFFR ? 1 ?
8 McCashney, Jim C ? 0 ?
5 Murphy, Frank CHF ? 0 ?
15 Pickford, Jack HBFL ? 0 ?
19 Pool, Ted RO ? 3 ?
25 Sellers, Bob FB ? 0 ?
7 Splatt, Clem (vc) CHB ? 0 ?
9 Stewart, Stuart RU ? 0 ?
28 Williams, Wal HFFL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 14 16

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

Player Line-Up

Richmond Coach: Mel Morris
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
29 P. Keary 25 B. Sellers 16 C. Lethlean













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



15 J. Pickford 7 C. Splatt (vc) 17 T. Everuss













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



26 B. Calwell 8 J. McCashney 14 J. Gill









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 6 P. Burke (c)

HALF-FORWARD 9 S. Stewart

28 W. Williams 5 F. Murphy 13 D. Logan 19 T. Pool











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



11 F. Finch 33 J. Francis 32 B. Hyde













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Dan Minogue