1926 VFL Season Round 9: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 26 June 1926 between Footscray and Richmond during round nine of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Richmond at Western Oval. Con McCarthy captained the hosts with Bill Doolan as vice-captain. Mel Morris captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Harry Saunders and the visitors were coached by Mel Morris.

Footscray (8.8.56) were defeated by Richmond (9.13.67).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 26 June 1926
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Richmond
Score: 8.8.56 - 9.13.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 2 7 . 5 7 . 6 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Richmond 2 . 3 4 . 7 7 . 10 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Margin RICH by 1 FOOT by 16 RICH by 4 RICH by 11 RICH by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Con McCarthy
Vice-Captain: Bill Doolan
Coach: Harry Saunders (caretaker)

Richmond

Captain: Mel Morris
Coach: Mel Morris

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Wilkinson

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Anthony, George ? ? 0 ?
7 Barton, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Chapple, Les ? ? 6 ?
30 Doolan, Bill (vc) ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
3 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
33 Hopkins, Allan ? ? 1 ?
32 Howell, Gus ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnstone, Doug ? ? 0 ?
1 McCarthy, Con (c) ? ? 0 ?
15 McGlone, Jim ? ? 1 ?
18 McHenry, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
22 Neill, Harry ? ? 0 ?
9 Nunan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
10 O'Brien, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
5 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
8 Rowe, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
13 Thompson, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 8

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Anderson, Alby ? ? 0 ?
2 Barnett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Bentley, Perce ? ? 0 ?
6 Boromeo, Bert ? ? 0 ?
28 Burke, Cyril ? ? 1 ?
14 Corfield, Joe ? ? 0 ?
17 Don, Donald ? ? 0 ?
8 Geddes, Allan ? ? 0 ?
2 Harris, Don ? ? 0 ?
20 Hayes, Doug ? ? 1 ?
27 James, Jack ? ? 2 ?
16 Lilburne, Dooley ? ? 0 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
13 Millar, Keith ? ? 0 ?
11 Morris, Mel (c) ? ? 2 ?
18 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 2 ?
27 Pollock, Harry ? ? 1 ?
3 Robinson, George ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 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