1941 VFL Season Round 5: Richmond v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 31 May 1941 between Richmond and Fitzroy during round five of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Fitzroy at Punt Road Oval. Jack Dyer captained the hosts with Jack Titus as vice-captain. Frank Curcio captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Dan Minogue.

Richmond (17.18.120) defeated Fitzroy (15.8.98).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Richmond v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 31 May 1941
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Fitzroy
Score: 17.18.120 - 15.8.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 6 . 6 8 . 8 13 . 15 17 . 18 17 . 18 (120)
Fitzroy 2 . 1 6 . 4 9 . 5 15 . 8 15 . 8 (98)
Margin RICH by 29 RICH by 16 RICH by 34 RICH by 22 RICH by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Vice-Captain: Jack Titus
Coach: Jack Dyer

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Dan Minogue

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Hutchinson

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Ablett, Len ? ? 0 ?
15 Cotter, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Crane, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 3 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 1 ?
27 Hull, Ian ? ? 2 ?
10 McDonald, Alan ? ? 1 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 1 ?
5 O'Connell, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
32 Quinn, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Laird ? ? 0 ?
4 Steele, Ray ? ? 0 ?
26 Sullivan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack (vc) ? ? 8 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 18

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
15 Clay, Alf ? ? 0 ?
34 Clay, Ivor ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 6 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 2 ?
4 Dyring, Lindsay ? ? 0 ?
7 Gillespie-Jones, Audley ? ? 0 ?
9 Hart, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
16 Hill, Les ? ? 1 ?
8 Hillard, Norm ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred ? ? 0 ?
1 Knott, Arch ? ? 1 ?
24 McGain, Syd ? ? 0 ?
28 McNamara, Lindsay ? ? 0 ?
17 Monaghan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 1 ?
29 Smith, Len ? ? 0 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 8

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