1931 VFL Season Round 17: Hawthorn v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 5 September 1931 between Hawthorn and Richmond during round seventeen of the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Richmond at Glenferrie Oval. John Harris captained the hosts with Ernie Utting as vice-captain. Maurie Hunter captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Harris and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Hawthorn (5.13.43) were defeated by Richmond (13.21.99).

Match Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Hawthorn v Richmond
Date: Saturday 5 September 1931
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 11,000

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. by Richmond
Score: 5.13.43 - 13.21.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 4 . 1 5 . 7 5 . 11 5 . 13 5 . 13 (43)
Richmond 4 . 5 6 . 9 9 . 13 13 . 21 13 . 21 (99)
Margin RICH by 4 RICH by 8 RICH by 26 RICH by 56 RICH by 56
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: John Harris
Vice-Captain: Ernie Utting
Coach: John Harris

Richmond

Captain: Maurie Hunter
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Frank Ford RICH 24 3
Bert Mills HWTH 12 2
Bert Foster RICH 11 1

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Carey, Bill RU ? 0 ?
31 Chandler, Bert FPL ? 1 ?
24 Chandler, Dick FF ? 2 ?
2 Collins, Norm C ? 0 ?
3 Daffey, Mark RO ? 0 ?
29 Fisher, Stan WL ? 0 ?
10 Francis, Jim WR ? 0 ?
1 Harris, John (c) HFFR ? 0 ?
20 Hyde, Bert CHB ? 0 ?
12 Mills, Bert HBFL ? 0 ?
25 Mills, Donald FB ? 0 ?
26 Murphy, Leo BPR ? 0 ?
19 Pool, Ted SUB↑ ? 0 ?
21 Ryan, Jack FPR ? 1 ?
8 Sellers, Bob HFFL ? 1 ?
18 Stewart, Frank BPL↓ ? 0 ?
9 Stewart, Stuart RU ? 0 ?
28 Utting, Ernie (vc) HBFR ? 0 ?
17 Ware, Walter CHF ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 5 13

T. Pool replaced F. Stewart during the fourth quarter.

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Baggott, Jack ? ? 2 ?
1 Bentley, Perce ? ? 0 ?
7 Bisset, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Ford, Frank ? ? 2 ?
11 Foster, Bert ? ? 0 ?
8 Geddes, Allan ? ? 0 ?
20 Hunter, Maurie (c) ? ? 1 ?
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 ? ? 1 ?
7 Weidner, Harry ? ? 1 ?
25 Zschech, Eric ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 21

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

Player Line-Up

Hawthorn Coach: John Harris
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






14 B. Carey 19 T. Pool
21 J. Ryan 24 D. Chandler 31 B. Chandler 9 S. Stewart

FORWARD 3 M. Daffey

HALF-BACK













1 J. Harris (c) 17 W. Ware 8 B. Sellers



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













10 J. Francis 2 N. Collins 29 S. Fisher FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













28 E. Utting (vc) 20 B. Hyde 12 B. Mills



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













26 L. Murphy 25 D. Mills 18 F. Stewart



BACK



Richmond Coach: Frank Hughes