1931 VFL Season Round 9: Fitzroy v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 4 July 1931 between Fitzroy and Richmond during round nine of the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Richmond at Brunswick Street Oval. Colin Niven captained the hosts. Maurie Hunter captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Colin Niven and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Fitzroy (8.13.61) were defeated by Richmond (14.17.101).

Match Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Fitzroy v Richmond
Date: Saturday 4 July 1931
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Richmond
Score: 8.13.61 - 14.17.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 4 4 . 8 6 . 9 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Richmond 5 . 3 7 . 12 11 . 13 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Margin RICH by 11 RICH by 22 RICH by 34 RICH by 40 RICH by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Colin Niven
Coach: Colin Niven

Richmond

Captain: Maurie Hunter
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Allen

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Wilfred Smallhorn FITZ 21 3
Bert Foster RICH 11 2
Jack Titus RICH 12 1

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Batchelor, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
1 Benham, Colin ? ? 0 ?
19 Bird, Leo ? ? 1 ?
7 Bunton, Haydn ? ? 0 ?
11 Cashman, Jack ? ? 1 ?
10 Davies, Fred ? ? 0 ?
28 Dowd, Dinny ? ? 0 ?
23 Ellis, Percy ? ? 0 ?
29 Fitcher, Alan ? ? 0 ?
5 Gibson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
27 Hearn, Roy ? ? 1 ?
2 Hogan, Con ? ? 0 ?
9 Kerr, Cecil ? ? 0 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 4 ?
8 Niven, Colin (c) ? ? 0 ?
15 Niven, Ray ? ? 0 ?
24 Prior, Les ? ? 0 ?
12 Rocchi, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 13

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Baggott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Bentley, Perce ? ? 0 ?
3 Benton, Bill ? ? 0 ?
7 Bisset, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
31 Cunningham, Tom ? ? 2 ?
11 Foster, Bert ? ? 0 ?
8 Geddes, Allan ? ? 0 ?
20 Hunter, Maurie (c) ? ? 2 ?
6 Judkins, Stan ? ? 0 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
13 Murdoch, Joe ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
4 Sheahan, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
28 Strang, Doug ? ? 5 ?
23 Strang, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 4 ?
2 Twyford, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Weidner, Harry ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 17

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