1926 VFL Season Round 16: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 August 1926 between Richmond and Melbourne during round sixteen of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Harry Pollock captained the hosts. Bert Chadwick captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mel Morris and the visitors were coached by Bert Chadwick.

Richmond (10.8.68) were defeated by Melbourne (13.16.94).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 28 August 1926
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Melbourne
Score: 10.8.68 - 13.16.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 3 6 . 5 9 . 7 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Melbourne 4 . 0 7 . 6 11 . 9 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Margin MELB by 3 MELB by 7 MELB by 14 MELB by 26 MELB by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Harry Pollock
Coach: Mel Morris

Melbourne

Captain: Bert Chadwick
Coach: Bert Chadwick

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Kain

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Bentley, Perce ? ? 0 ?
17 Don, Donald ? ? 0 ?
23 Gallagher, Les ? ? 1 ?
8 Geddes, Allan ? ? 0 ?
2 Harris, Don ? ? 0 ?
20 Hayes, Doug ? ? 1 ?
16 Lilburne, Dooley ? ? 0 ?
33 Lynch, Dave ? ? 5 ?
25 MacIsaac, Angus ? ? 0 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
13 Millar, Keith ? ? 0 ?
18 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 2 ?
27 Pollock, Harry (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Robinson, George ? ? 1 ?
32 Rudolph, George ? ? 0 ?
7 Taylor, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 Valentine, George ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 8

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Chadwick, Bert (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
31 Deane, Col ? ? 0 ?
34 Duff, Dave ? ? 2 ?
28 Dunbar, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
5 Green, Ossie ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 1 ?
7 Jorgensen, Frank ? ? 0 ?
30 Lawrence, Bert ? ? 0 ?
22 Moyes, Harry ? ? 6 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 0 ?
26 Tymms, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor ? ? 1 ?
8 White, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 13 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