1933 VFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 29 April 1933 between Melbourne and Richmond during round one of the 1933 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. In the absence of Frank Vine, vice-captain Colin Niven captained the hosts. Perce Bentley captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Billy Schmidt.

Melbourne (9.10.64) were defeated by Richmond (14.12.96).

Match Details

Season: 1933 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 29 April 1933
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 19,583

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 9.10.64 - 14.12.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 2 4 . 6 5 . 8 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Richmond 3 . 2 5 . 6 10 . 9 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Margin level RICH by 6 RICH by 31 RICH by 32 RICH by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Colin Niven (acting)
Coach: Frank Hughes

Richmond

Captain: Perce Bentley
Coach: Billy Schmidt

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Maurie Sheahan RICH 4 3
Eric Glass MELB 16 2
Stan Judkins RICH 6 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Avery, Bert ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 0 ?
5 Deague, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 1 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 0 ?
18 Hooper, Don ? ? 2 ?
11 Johnson, Bob ? ? 1 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Kinnear, Joe ? ? 0 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
3 Margitich, George ? ? 4 ?
10 McInnes, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Wyn ? ? 0 ?
10 Niven, Colin (ac) ? ? 1 ?
31 Power, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Sambell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Tymms, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Usher, Ray ? ? 0 ?
21 Vanthoff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 10

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Anderson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 2 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack ? ? 3 ?
8 Geddes, Allan ? ? 0 ?
33 Heifner, Fred ? ? 1 ?
20 Hunter, Maurie ? ? 4 ?
6 Judkins, Stan ? ? 0 ?
27 Martin, Ray ? ? 0 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
13 Murdoch, Joe ? ? 0 ?
18 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
4 Sheahan, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
28 Strang, Doug ? ? 3 ?
23 Strang, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Twyford, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Zschech, Eric ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 12

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