1942 VFL Season Round 1: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 9 May 1942 between Richmond and Footscray during round one of the 1942 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at Punt Road Oval. Jack Dyer captained the hosts. Norm Ware captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Norm Ware.

Richmond (19.17.131) defeated Footscray (16.15.111).

Match Details

Season: 1942 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 9 May 1942
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Footscray
Score: 19.17.131 - 16.15.111

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 3 8 . 7 13 . 9 19 . 17 19 . 17 (131)
Footscray 5 . 5 10 . 9 13 . 12 16 . 15 16 . 15 (111)
Margin FOOT by 8 FOOT by 14 FOOT by 3 RICH by 20 RICH by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Footscray

Captain: Norm Ware
Coach: Norm Ware

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Boundary Umpires

N. Fuller

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Ablett, Len ? ? 2 ?
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 0 ?
18 Crane, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Crohan, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
30 Dwan, Harry ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 4 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
22 Guinane, Danny ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 4 ?
27 Hull, Ian ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 0 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
14 Russell, Wally ? ? 2 ?
26 Sullivan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 5 ?
13 Waldron, Bernie ? ? 1 ?
1 Walliker, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 19 17

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 4 ?
29 De Medici, Joe ? ? 2 ?
8 Dolphin, Harry ? ? 0 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
12 Harris, Wally ? ? 1 ?
32 Houston, Bill ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
6 McTaggart, Bert ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 2 ?
31 Power, Billy ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 5 ?
11 Sampson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
20 Shearer, Wally ? ? 0 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Tribe, George ? ? 0 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (c) ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 15

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