1931 VFL Season Round 3: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 1931 between Footscray and Richmond during round three of the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Richmond at Western Oval. Bill Cubbins captained the hosts with Allan Hopkins as vice-captain. Maurie Hunter captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Cubbins and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Footscray (7.10.52) were defeated by Richmond (13.16.94).

Match Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 16 May 1931
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 30,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Richmond
Score: 7.10.52 - 13.16.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 0 5 . 4 5 . 7 7 . 10 7 . 10 (52)
Richmond 1 . 10 4 . 11 10 . 13 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Margin RICH by 16 RICH by 1 RICH by 36 RICH by 42 RICH by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Bill Cubbins
Vice-Captain: Allan Hopkins
Coach: Bill Cubbins

Richmond

Captain: Maurie Hunter
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Scott

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Allan Geddes RICH 8 3
Stan Judkins RICH 6 2
Bill Spurling FOOT 14 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Aked, Frank ? ? 0 ?
20 Ayres, Doug ? ? 1 ?
9 Baker, Harry ? ? 0 ?
2 Cubbins, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
23 Downie, Bill ? ? 0 ?
11 Hanson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Hayes, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Hopkins, Allan (vc) ? ? 0 ?
5 Lambe, Alf ? ? 0 ?
22 McAlpine, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
15 McKay, Roy ? ? 0 ?
3 Minogue, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Morrison, Alby ? ? 2 ?
28 Sherman, Bill ? ? 0 ?
30 Sherman, Ted ? ? 0 ?
14 Spurling, Bill ? ? 4 ?
18 Stanway, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
26 Stevens, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
17 Walshe, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 10

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Baggott, Jack ? ? 1 ?
7 Bisset, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
24 Ford, Frank ? ? 1 ?
11 Foster, Bert ? ? 1 ?
8 Geddes, Allan ? ? 0 ?
33 Heifner, Fred ? ? 0 ?
20 Hunter, Maurie (c) ? ? 4 ?
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 ? ? 3 ?
23 Strang, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Watson, Carl ? ? 0 ?
7 Weidner, Harry ? ? 3 ?
25 Zschech, Eric ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 16

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