1935 VFL Season Round 1: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 1935 between Footscray and Richmond during round one of the 1935 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Richmond at Western Oval. Alby Morrison captained the hosts with Tom Waye as vice-captain. Perce Bentley captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alby Morrison and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Footscray (7.19.61) were defeated by Richmond (14.12.96).

Match Details

Season: 1935 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 27 April 1935
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 17,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Richmond
Score: 7.19.61 - 14.12.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 5 3 . 11 7 . 14 7 . 19 7 . 19 (61)
Richmond 6 . 5 8 . 6 8 . 11 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Margin RICH by 30 RICH by 25 RICH by 3 RICH by 35 RICH by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Alby Morrison
Vice-Captain: Tom Waye
Coach: Alby Morrison

Richmond

Captain: Perce Bentley
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
15 Bogie, Les ? ? 0 ?
11 Bridgfoot, Jack ? ? 1 ?
7 Eason, Dick ? ? 0 ?
16 Kelly, Wally ? ? 0 ?
9 Leahy, Billy ? ? 1 ?
12 Lewis, Pye ? ? 1 ?
18 McKay, Roy ? ? 0 ?
25 McLaughlin, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
8 Mitchell, Col ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Alby (c) ? ? 1 ?
3 Penberthy, Stan ? ? 0 ?
10 Pollard, Dick ? ? 2 ?
19 Rodwell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
14 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
6 Spurling, Bill ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm ? ? 0 ?
2 Waye, Tom (vc) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 19

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Baggott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Baxter, Dave ? ? 1 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
3 Davey, Pat ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack ? ? 2 ?
7 Edmonds, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
10 Garvie, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Geddes, Allan ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 1 ?
33 Heifner, Fred ? ? 0 ?
32 Jordon, Clarrie ? ? 2 ?
6 Judkins, Stan ? ? 0 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
13 Murdoch, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Sheahan, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
23 Strang, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 6 ?
25 Zschech, Eric ? ? 1 ?
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