1927 VFL Season: Richmond

These are the details of the premiership results for Richmond for the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Punt Road Oval as their home ground, playing nine matches there (nine as hosts). The team finished the regular season in second place, securing a place in the finals series. After defeating Carlton in the first semi final, Richmond were defeated by Collingwood in the final, resulting in becoming the runners-up. Had they won, Collingwood would have been entitled to a right to challenge them in a challenge final.

Team Details

Competition: 1927 VFL Season
Team: Richmond
Club: Richmond
Home Ground: Punt Road Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 14-0-4, P%: 134.6)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Baggott, Jack #14 19 37 R01-18, SF
Bentley, Perce #1 18 21 R01-03, R06-18, SF, GF
Don, Donald #17 14 0 R01-06, R08-15
Fincher, Jack #10 13 5 R01-02, R10-18, SF, GF
Ford, Bill #6 1 1 R04
Gallagher, Les #23 20 0 R01-18, SF, GF
Geddes, Allan #8 19 3 R01-13, R15-18, SF, GF
Harris, Don #2 20 0 R01-18, SF, GF
Hayes, Doug #20 18 12 R01-09, R11-14, R16-18, SF, GF
Hislop, Max #19 9 0 R02-09, R15
Huggard, Jack #31 10 20 R07-16
Jamison, Sam #28 2 0 SF, GF
Kight, Frank #5 2 1 R03-04
Lilburne, Dooley #16 16 0 R01-06, R10-17, SF, GF
Lynch, Dave #33 9 32 R01-09
MacIsaac, Angus #24 15 12 R01-02, R05-14, R18, SF, GF
McCormack, Basil #9 20 0 R01-18, SF, GF
McCormack, Jack #21 6 19 R15-18, SF, GF
Millar, Keith #14 1 0 R09
Murdoch, Joe #13 13 0 R05, R07-18
O'Brien, Frank #25 17 4 R01-14, R17, SF, GF
O'Halloran, Tom #18 20 10 R01-18, SF, GF
O'Neill, Bob #4 10 2 R01-04, R15-18, SF, GF
Powell, Cyril #7 6 0 R07, R16-18, SF, GF
Robinson, George #3 3 1 R05-06, GF
Rudolph, George #32 20 19 R01-18, SF, GF
Spain, Jim #11 14 1 R03-14, R17-18
Stainsby, Les #27 2 2 R08, R10
Titus, Jack #12 1 0 R01
Watson, Carl #22 4 0 R14-16, R18
Weidner, Harry #7 18 16 R01-07, R10-18, SF, GF

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds
Hughes, Frank 20 15 -0- 5 R01-18, SF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
30/04/1927 Round 1 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MELB by 50 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
07/05/1927 Round 2 St Kilda HOME WIN RICH by 11 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
14/05/1927 Round 3 Collingwood AWAY WIN RICH by 6 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
21/05/1927 Round 4 Footscray HOME WIN RICH by 70 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
28/05/1927 Round 5 North Melbourne AWAY WIN RICH by 45 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
06/06/1927 Round 6 Carlton HOME LOSS CARL by 20 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
11/06/1927 Round 7 South Melbourne AWAY WIN RICH by 36 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
18/06/1927 Round 8 Essendon HOME WIN RICH by 23 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
25/06/1927 Round 9 Hawthorn AWAY WIN RICH by 14 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
02/07/1927 Round 10 Geelong HOME WIN RICH by 16 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
09/07/1927 Round 11 Fitzroy AWAY WIN RICH by 56 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
16/07/1927 Round 12 Melbourne HOME WIN RICH by 31 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
23/07/1927 Round 13 St Kilda AWAY WIN RICH by 39 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
30/07/1927 Round 14 Collingwood HOME LOSS COLL by 23 Frank Hughes Doug Hayes
06/08/1927 Round 15 Footscray AWAY WIN RICH by 31 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
27/08/1927 Round 16 North Melbourne HOME WIN RICH by 37 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
03/09/1927 Round 17 Carlton AWAY LOSS CARL by 7 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
10/09/1927 Round 18 Hawthorn HOME WIN RICH by 66 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
17/09/1927 Semi Final Carlton HOME WIN RICH by 6 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
01/10/1927 Grand Final Collingwood AWAY LOSS COLL by 12 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes