1943 VFL Season Preliminary Final: Richmond v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 18 September 1943 between Richmond and Fitzroy in the preliminary final of the 1943 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Fitzroy at Princes Park. Jack Dyer captained the hosts. Fred Hughson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Fred Hughson.

Richmond (12.14.86) defeated Fitzroy (8.13.61).

Match Details

Season: 1943 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: Richmond v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 18 September 1943
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 27,335

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Fitzroy
Score: 12.14.86 - 8.13.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 3 3 . 8 7 . 9 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Fitzroy 5 . 1 6 . 5 7 . 9 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Margin FITZ by 16 FITZ by 15 level RICH by 25 RICH by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Hughson
Coach: Fred Hughson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Ablett, Len ? ? 0 ?
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 1 ?
24 Broadstock, Jack ? ? 2 ?
10 Cahill, Laurie ? ? 3 ?
1 Durham, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 2 ?
16 Hunt, Ray ? ? 0 ?
5 Kemp, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 1 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 1 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
25 Quinn, Roy ? ? 2 ?
29 Randall, Brian ? ? 0 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Steele, Ray ? ? 0 ?
13 Waldron, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 14

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Brown, Doug ? ? 0 ?
12 Calverley, Des ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 1 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
5 Dawson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
4 Dyring, Lindsay ? ? 0 ?
19 Grant, Jack ? ? 3 ?
28 Hallahan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
16 Hill, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Hillard, Norm ? ? 0 ?
14 Hoskins, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Miller, Wally ? ? 1 ?
17 Monaghan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
30 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 1 ?
11 Spokes, Bill ? ? 1 ?
35 Wright, Stan ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 13

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