1927 VFL Season Round 15: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 6 August 1927 between Footscray and Richmond during round fifteen of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Richmond at Western Oval. Paddy Scanlan captained the hosts with Allan Hopkins as vice-captain. Allan Geddes captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Paddy Scanlan and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Footscray (7.8.50) were defeated by Richmond (11.15.81).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 6 August 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 15,500

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Richmond
Score: 7.8.50 - 11.15.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 3 3 . 5 5 . 8 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Richmond 2 . 2 6 . 8 6 . 14 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Margin FOOT by 1 RICH by 21 RICH by 12 RICH by 31 RICH by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Paddy Scanlan
Vice-Captain: Allan Hopkins
Coach: Paddy Scanlan

Richmond

Captain: Allan Geddes
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Lewis

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Aked, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Baker, Harry ? ? 0 ?
28 Cahill, Ted ? ? 2 ?
21 Chapple, Les ? ? 2 ?
3 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
24 Glover, Sam ? ? 0 ?
27 Greenhalgh, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
2 Hopkins, Allan (vc) ? ? 1 ?
16 Johnstone, Doug ? ? 0 ?
7 McAlpine, Ivan ? ? 1 ?
17 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
20 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
4 Rowe, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Scanlan, Paddy (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Stevens, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
13 Thompson, Roy ? ? 0 ?
29 Woodman, George ? ? 1 ?
12 Wunhym, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 8

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Baggott, Jack ? ? 2 ?
1 Bentley, Perce ? ? 2 ?
17 Don, Donald ? ? 0 ?
10 Fincher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Gallagher, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Geddes, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Harris, Don ? ? 0 ?
19 Hislop, Max ? ? 0 ?
31 Huggard, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Lilburne, Dooley ? ? 0 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
21 McCormack, Jack ? ? 5 ?
13 Murdoch, Joe ? ? 0 ?
18 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 1 ?
4 O'Neill, Bob ? ? 1 ?
32 Rudolph, George ? ? 0 ?
22 Watson, Carl ? ? 0 ?
7 Weidner, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 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