1926 VFL Season Round 6: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 5 June 1926 between Richmond and Geelong during round six of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Geelong at Punt Road Oval. Mel Morris captained the hosts. Cliff Rankin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mel Morris and the visitors were coached by Cliff Rankin.

Richmond (10.13.73) were defeated by Geelong (12.11.83).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Richmond v Geelong
Date: Saturday 5 June 1926
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 26,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Geelong
Score: 10.13.73 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 0 . 5 4 . 8 8 . 11 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Geelong 5 . 5 8 . 7 11 . 11 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Margin GEEL by 30 GEEL by 23 GEEL by 18 GEEL by 10 GEEL by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Mel Morris
Coach: Mel Morris

Geelong

Captain: Cliff Rankin
Coach: Cliff Rankin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Kain

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Bentley, Perce ? ? 0 ?
6 Boromeo, Bert ? ? 0 ?
23 Gallagher, Les ? ? 1 ?
8 Geddes, Allan ? ? 0 ?
2 Harris, Don ? ? 0 ?
20 Hayes, Doug ? ? 0 ?
31 Huggard, Jack ? ? 1 ?
27 James, Jack ? ? 3 ?
16 Lilburne, Dooley ? ? 0 ?
4 Lunn, Bennie ? ? 0 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
13 Millar, Keith ? ? 0 ?
11 Morris, Mel (c) ? ? 2 ?
18 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 2 ?
27 Pollock, Harry ? ? 0 ?
3 Robinson, George ? ? 1 ?
10 Smith, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
13 Weidner, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 13

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Chambers, Jack ? ? 1 ?
23 Fitzmaurice, Tom ? ? 0 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 0 ?
10 Fleming, Roy ? ? 1 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 0 ?
14 Hagger, Lloyd ? ? 4 ?
4 Hall, Syd ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Jerram, George ? ? 0 ?
21 Laver, Les ? ? 0 ?
22 Mulroyan, Cyril ? ? 1 ?
5 Paterson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff (c) ? ? 3 ?
28 Rayson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 1 ?
12 Warren, Jim ? ? 1 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 12 11

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