1927 VFL Season Round 12: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 16 July 1927 between Richmond and Melbourne during round twelve of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Allan Geddes captained the hosts. Bert Chadwick captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Bert Chadwick.

Richmond (10.15.75) defeated Melbourne (6.8.44).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 16 July 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 35,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Melbourne
Score: 10.15.75 - 6.8.44

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 2 5 . 7 6 . 13 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Melbourne 0 . 2 1 . 5 2 . 7 6 . 8 6 . 8 (44)
Margin RICH by 24 RICH by 26 RICH by 30 RICH by 31 RICH by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Allan Geddes
Coach: Frank Hughes

Melbourne

Captain: Bert Chadwick
Coach: Bert Chadwick

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Coffey

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Baggott, Jack ? ? 1 ?
1 Bentley, Perce ? ? 1 ?
17 Don, Donald ? ? 0 ?
10 Fincher, Jack ? ? 2 ?
23 Gallagher, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Geddes, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Harris, Don ? ? 0 ?
20 Hayes, Doug ? ? 0 ?
31 Huggard, Jack ? ? 1 ?
16 Lilburne, Dooley ? ? 0 ?
24 MacIsaac, Angus ? ? 0 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
13 Murdoch, Joe ? ? 0 ?
25 O'Brien, Frank ? ? 1 ?
18 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 0 ?
32 Rudolph, George ? ? 1 ?
11 Spain, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Weidner, Harry ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 15

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 1 ?
15 Barnes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
17 Chadwick, Bert (c) ? ? 2 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Coy, Harry ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
24 Davie, Harry ? ? 1 ?
11 Mollison, Derek ? ? 0 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 0 ?
3 Thomas, Ted ? ? 1 ?
26 Tymms, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Vine, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor ? ? 0 ?
8 White, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 1 ?
26 Young, Charles ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 8

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