1931 VFL Season Round 14: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 8 August 1931 between Richmond and Footscray during round fourteen of the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at Punt Road Oval. Maurie Hunter captained the hosts. Bill Cubbins captained the visitors with Allan Hopkins as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Bill Cubbins.

Richmond (7.12.54) were defeated by Footscray (10.18.78).

Match Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 8 August 1931
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 25,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Footscray
Score: 7.12.54 - 10.18.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 0 . 4 3 . 9 6 . 10 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Footscray 3 . 7 5 . 9 9 . 16 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Margin FOOT by 21 FOOT by 12 FOOT by 24 FOOT by 24 FOOT by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Maurie Hunter
Coach: Frank Hughes

Footscray

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Ellingsen

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Wally O'Brien FOOT 12 3
Ivan McAlpine FOOT 22 2
Arthur Stevens FOOT 26 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

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

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Aked, Frank ? ? 0 ?
9 Baker, Harry ? ? 0 ?
2 Cubbins, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Dennington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Downie, Bill ? ? 2 ?
25 Fincher, Jack ? ? 1 ?
11 Hanson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Hopkins, Allan (vc) ? ? 0 ?
24 Joyce, Jimmy ? ? 1 ?
5 Lambe, Alf ? ? 0 ?
22 McAlpine, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
15 McKay, Roy ? ? 0 ?
3 Minogue, Wally ? ? 1 ?
7 Morrison, Alby ? ? 0 ?
13 Nunn, Ernie ? ? 2 ?
12 O'Brien, Wally ? ? 1 ?
30 Sherman, Ted ? ? 0 ?
14 Spurling, Bill ? ? 1 ?
26 Stevens, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 18

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