1943 VFL Season Qualifying Round 4: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 21 August 1943 between Richmond and Melbourne during the fourth qualifying round of the 1943 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Jack Dyer captained the hosts. Percy Beames captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Percy Beames.

Richmond (15.19.109) defeated Melbourne (12.13.85).

Match Details

Season: 1943 VFL Season
Round: Qualifying Round 4
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 21 August 1943
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 9,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Melbourne
Score: 15.19.109 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 3 9 . 8 11 . 17 15 . 19 15 . 19 (109)
Melbourne 1 . 2 2 . 6 6 . 8 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Margin RICH by 19 RICH by 44 RICH by 39 RICH by 24 RICH by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Melbourne

Captain: Percy Beames
Coach: Percy Beames

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Ablett, Len ? ? 0 ?
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 1 ?
26 Bourke, Frank ? ? 2 ?
30 Brannan, Andy ? ? 0 ?
24 Broadstock, Jack ? ? 1 ?
10 Cahill, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
1 Durham, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 1 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 3 ?
16 Hunt, Ray ? ? 0 ?
5 Kemp, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 1 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
25 Quinn, Roy ? ? 3 ?
4 Steele, Ray ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 1 ?
13 Waldron, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 19

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Archibald, George ? ? 1 ?
24 Beames, Percy (c) ? ? 0 ?
15 Bradley, Colin ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
28 Cordner, Ted ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
27 Deayton, Frank ? ? 0 ?
23 Doherty, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 3 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
20 Herbert, Bob ? ? 3 ?
31 Levey, Ken ? ? 0 ?
16 McPherson, Hughie ? ? 0 ?
29 Minnis, Jack ? ? 2 ?
35 Newman, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Shadbolt, Ken ? ? 0 ?
27 Shalless, Ralph ? ? 3 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 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