1926 VFL Season Round 18: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 11 September 1926 between Richmond and Footscray during round eighteen of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at Punt Road Oval. Donald Don captained the hosts. Allan Hopkins captained the visitors with Bill Doolan as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Mel Morris and the visitors were coached by Harry Saunders.

Richmond (6.13.49) were defeated by Footscray (13.15.93).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 11 September 1926
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 5,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Footscray
Score: 6.13.49 - 13.15.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 1 . 2 3 . 6 4 . 9 6 . 13 6 . 13 (49)
Footscray 4 . 7 8 . 7 11 . 12 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Margin FOOT by 23 FOOT by 31 FOOT by 45 FOOT by 44 FOOT by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Donald Don
Coach: Mel Morris

Footscray

Captain: Allan Hopkins
Vice-Captain: Bill Doolan
Coach: Harry Saunders (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Coffey

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Anderson, Alby ? ? 0 ?
5 Anderson, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Bentley, Perce ? ? 0 ?
28 Burke, Cyril ? ? 1 ?
17 Don, Donald (c) ? ? 0 ?
25 Finlayson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Gallagher, Les ? ? 2 ?
8 Geddes, Allan ? ? 0 ?
20 Hayes, Doug ? ? 2 ?
27 James, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Jamison, Sam ? ? 0 ?
16 Lilburne, Dooley ? ? 0 ?
4 Lunn, Bennie ? ? 0 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
3 Robinson, George ? ? 1 ?
32 Rudolph, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Waterhouse, George ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 13

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Aked, Frank ? ? 0 ?
20 Anthony, George ? ? 0 ?
19 Baker, Harry ? ? 2 ?
Butler, Ted ? ? 1 ?
14 Chapple, Les ? ? 2 ?
Considine, Jim ? ? 0 ?
6 Croft, Joshua ? ? 0 ?
30 Doolan, Bill (vc) ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
3 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
33 Hopkins, Allan (c) ? ? 6 ?
16 Johnstone, Doug ? ? 0 ?
Knott, Joe ? ? 0 ?
15 McGlone, Jim ? ? 0 ?
22 Neill, Harry ? ? 1 ?
8 Rowe, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 Samson, Vic ? ? 0 ?
13 Thompson, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 13 15

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