1931 VFL Season Round 18: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 12 September 1931 between Richmond and Geelong during round eighteen of the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Geelong at Punt Road Oval. Maurie Hunter captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Charlie Clymo.

Richmond (8.8.56) were defeated by Geelong (11.17.83).

Match Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Richmond v Geelong
Date: Saturday 12 September 1931
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Geelong
Score: 8.8.56 - 11.17.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 3 5 . 4 8 . 7 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Geelong 6 . 4 7 . 8 9 . 10 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
Margin GEEL by 25 GEEL by 16 GEEL by 9 GEEL by 27 GEEL by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Maurie Hunter
Coach: Frank Hughes

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Charlie Clymo

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Milton Lamb GEEL 7 3
Stan Judkins RICH 6 2
Bert Foster RICH 11 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Baggott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Bentley, Perce ? ? 0 ?
7 Bisset, Jack ? ? 1 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
24 Ford, Frank ? ? 0 ?
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 ? ? 2 ?
23 Strang, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 2 ?
2 Twyford, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Weidner, Harry ? ? 0 ?
25 Zschech, Eric ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 8

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Carney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 1 ?
5 Evans, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 0 ?
25 Hardiman, Les ? ? 3 ?
27 Hardiman, Peter ? ? 1 ?
18 Hickey, Reg ? ? 0 ?
7 Lamb, Milton ? ? 0 ?
8 Llewellyn, Ted ? ? 0 ?
6 McDonald, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
3 Metherell, Len ? ? 0 ?
17 Mockridge, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Moloney, George ? ? 2 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
28 Rayson, Arthur ? ? 3 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Troughton, Bob ? ? 0 ?
15 Walker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 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