1931 VFL Season Round 10: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 11 July 1931 between Richmond and Melbourne during round ten of the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Maurie Hunter captained the hosts. Ivor Warne-Smith captained the visitors with Dick Taylor as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Ivor Warne-Smith.

Richmond (8.18.66) defeated Melbourne (7.11.53).

Match Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 11 July 1931
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 11,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Melbourne
Score: 8.18.66 - 7.11.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 1 . 2 4 . 9 5 . 14 8 . 18 8 . 18 (66)
Melbourne 3 . 2 3 . 5 4 . 9 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Margin MELB by 12 RICH by 10 RICH by 11 RICH by 13 RICH by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Maurie Hunter
Coach: Frank Hughes

Melbourne

Captain: Ivor Warne-Smith
Vice-Captain: Dick Taylor
Coach: Ivor Warne-Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Boundary Umpires

W. Macbean

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Percy Beames MELB 24 3
Allan Geddes RICH 8 2
Maurie Hunter RICH 20 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Bentley, Perce ? ? 0 ?
7 Bisset, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
24 Ford, Frank ? ? 0 ?
11 Foster, Bert ? ? 0 ?
8 Geddes, Allan ? ? 0 ?
33 Heifner, Fred ? ? 0 ?
20 Hunter, Maurie (c) ? ? 3 ?
6 Judkins, Stan ? ? 1 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
13 Murdoch, Joe ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
4 Sheahan, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
28 Strang, Doug ? ? 0 ?
23 Strang, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 1 ?
2 Twyford, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Weidner, Harry ? ? 2 ?
25 Zschech, Eric ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 18

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Avery, Bert ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Crapper, Harry ? ? 0 ?
18 Cutler, Bill ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 1 ?
6 Esposito, Ted ? ? 0 ?
31 Gough, Lew ? ? 0 ?
28 Jackson, Webber ? ? 0 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
3 Margitich, George ? ? 4 ?
2 Murray, Wyn ? ? 1 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick (vc) ? ? 0 ?
34 Usher, Ray ? ? 0 ?
21 Vanthoff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Vine, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor (c) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 11

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