1927 VFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 30 April 1927 between Melbourne and Richmond during round one of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Bert Chadwick captained the hosts. Allan Geddes captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bert Chadwick and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Melbourne (16.19.115) defeated Richmond (9.11.65).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 30 April 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 22,382

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 16.19.115 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 5 7 . 9 12 . 15 16 . 19 16 . 19 (115)
Richmond 5 . 1 6 . 3 8 . 8 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Margin MELB by 4 MELB by 12 MELB by 31 MELB by 50 MELB by 50
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Bert Chadwick
Coach: Bert Chadwick

Richmond

Captain: Allan Geddes
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Netherton

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Chadwick, Bert (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Coy, Harry ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
24 Davie, Harry ? ? 3 ?
31 Deane, Col ? ? 0 ?
28 Dunbar, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 9 ?
22 Moyes, Harry ? ? 0 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 0 ?
3 Thomas, Ted ? ? 0 ?
26 Tymms, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor ? ? 1 ?
8 White, Herbie ? ? 1 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 16 19

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Baggott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Bentley, Perce ? ? 0 ?
17 Don, Donald ? ? 0 ?
10 Fincher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Gallagher, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Geddes, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Harris, Don ? ? 0 ?
20 Hayes, Doug ? ? 0 ?
16 Lilburne, Dooley ? ? 0 ?
33 Lynch, Dave ? ? 5 ?
24 MacIsaac, Angus ? ? 2 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
25 O'Brien, Frank ? ? 0 ?
18 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 1 ?
4 O'Neill, Bob ? ? 0 ?
32 Rudolph, George ? ? 1 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Weidner, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 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