1929 VFL Season Round 4: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 18 May 1929 between Richmond and Footscray during round four of the 1929 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at Punt Road Oval. Dooley Lilburne captained the hosts. Allan Hopkins captained the visitors with Arthur Stevens as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Alec Eason.

Richmond (14.19.103) defeated Footscray (11.19.85).

Match Details

Season: 1929 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 18 May 1929
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 22,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Footscray
Score: 14.19.103 - 11.19.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 1 . 5 8 . 7 13 . 10 14 . 19 14 . 19 (103)
Footscray 2 . 5 5 . 7 9 . 12 11 . 19 11 . 19 (85)
Margin FOOT by 6 RICH by 18 RICH by 22 RICH by 18 RICH by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Dooley Lilburne
Coach: Frank Hughes

Footscray

Captain: Allan Hopkins
Vice-Captain: Arthur Stevens
Coach: Alec Eason

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Alley

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Bentley, Perce ? ? 0 ?
3 Benton, Bill ? ? 0 ?
33 Empey, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
10 Fincher, Jack ? ? 1 ?
11 Foster, Bert ? ? 0 ?
23 Gallagher, Les ? ? 0 ?
25 Harris, Stan ? ? 2 ?
16 Lilburne, Dooley (c) ? ? 2 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
21 McCormack, Jack ? ? 1 ?
13 Murdoch, Joe ? ? 0 ?
15 Oakley, Allan ? ? 0 ?
18 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 2 ?
7 Ryan, Stan ? ? 0 ?
4 Sheahan, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 4 ?
22 Watson, Carl ? ? 0 ?
7 Weidner, Harry ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 14 19

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Aked, Frank ? ? 0 ?
11 Andersen, Eric ? ? 0 ?
9 Baker, Harry ? ? 0 ?
26 Downie, Bill ? ? 1 ?
27 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Hopkins, Allan (c) ? ? 2 ?
25 Lukeman, Joe ? ? 0 ?
7 Morrison, Alby ? ? 1 ?
28 Nunn, Ernie ? ? 2 ?
8 Rowe, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
6 Russ, Bill ? ? 1 ?
15 Sloley, Charlie ? ? 2 ?
3 Stevens, Arthur (vc) ? ? 0 ?
2 Sullivan, Gene ? ? 2 ?
13 Thompson, Roy ? ? 0 ?
5 Watt, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Williams, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
21 Woodman, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 19

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