1943 VFL Season Round 5: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 5 June 1943 between Melbourne and Richmond during round five of the 1943 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at Punt Road Oval. Percy Beames captained the hosts. Jack Dyer captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Percy Beames and the visitors were coached by Jack Dyer.

Melbourne (17.11.113) were defeated by Richmond (21.15.141).

Match Details

Season: 1943 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 5 June 1943
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 17.11.113 - 21.15.141

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 4 8 . 4 11 . 7 17 . 11 17 . 11 (113)
Richmond 4 . 2 10 . 10 15 . 13 21 . 15 21 . 15 (141)
Margin MELB by 2 RICH by 18 RICH by 30 RICH by 28 RICH by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Percy Beames
Coach: Percy Beames

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Morgan

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Archibald, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy (c) ? ? 2 ?
17 Cordner, Denis ? ? 2 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 1 ?
28 Cordner, Ted ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 2 ?
34 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 2 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 5 ?
22 Ferguson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 2 ?
36 Hart, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
20 Herbert, Bob ? ? 0 ?
8 Hewson, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Levey, Ken ? ? 0 ?
16 McPherson, Hughie ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 1 ?
26 Scanlan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
18 Walsh, Darcy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 11

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Ablett, Len ? ? 1 ?
30 Brannan, Andy ? ? 4 ?
28 Curran, Kevin ? ? 4 ?
32 Doherty, Noel ? ? 0 ?
1 Durham, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 3 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
7 Ford, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 5 ?
5 Kemp, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 0 ?
20 McIlveen, Bob ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 1 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 3 ?
4 Steele, Ray ? ? 0 ?
26 Sullivan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 21 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