1931 VFL Season Grand Final: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 10 October 1931 between Richmond and Geelong in the grand final of the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Geelong at the MCG. Maurie Hunter captained the hosts. Ted Baker captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Charlie Clymo.

Richmond (7.6.48) were defeated by Geelong (9.14.68).

Match Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Richmond v Geelong
Date: Saturday 10 October 1931
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 60,712

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Geelong
Score: 7.6.48 - 9.14.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 1 . 2 4 . 5 5 . 5 7 . 6 7 . 6 (48)
Geelong 2 . 3 5 . 6 8 . 11 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Margin GEEL by 7 GEEL by 7 GEEL by 24 GEEL by 20 GEEL by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Maurie Hunter
Coach: Frank Hughes

Geelong

Captain: Ted Baker
Coach: Charlie Clymo

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Scott

Goal Umpires

C. Bell
J. Currie

Boundary Umpires

G. Batt
J. Fitt

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Bisset, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
17 Dunne, Tom ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack ? ? 1 ?
24 Ford, Frank ? ? 1 ?
11 Foster, Bert ? ? 0 ?
8 Geddes, Allan ? ? 0 ?
33 Heifner, Fred ? ? 0 ?
20 Hunter, Maurie (c) ? ? 0 ?
6 Judkins, Stan ? ? 0 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
13 Murdoch, Joe ? ? 0 ?
18 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
28 Strang, Doug ? ? 2 ?
23 Strang, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 2 ?
2 Twyford, Jack ? ? 1 ?
25 Zschech, Eric ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 6

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Baker, Ted (c) ? ? 2 ?
12 Carney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Coghlan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 1 ?
5 Evans, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 0 ?
25 Hardiman, Les ? ? 2 ?
27 Hardiman, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg ? ? 0 ?
7 Lamb, Milton ? ? 0 ?
6 McDonald, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
3 Metherell, Len ? ? 2 ?
17 Mockridge, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Moloney, George ? ? 1 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Troughton, Bob ? ? 1 ?
15 Walker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 14

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