1944 VFL Season Grand Final: Fitzroy v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 30 September 1944 between Fitzroy and Richmond in the grand final of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Richmond at Junction Oval. Fred Hughson captained the hosts. Jack Dyer captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Fred Hughson and the visitors were coached by Jack Dyer.

Fitzroy (9.12.66) defeated Richmond (7.9.51).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Fitzroy v Richmond
Date: Saturday 30 September 1944
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 43,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Richmond
Score: 9.12.66 - 7.9.51

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 2 4 . 8 6 . 10 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Richmond 2 . 2 3 . 2 5 . 5 7 . 9 7 . 9 (51)
Margin RICH by 6 FITZ by 12 FITZ by 11 FITZ by 15 FITZ by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Hughson
Coach: Fred Hughson

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Goal Umpires

T. Nicholson
L. Whyte

Boundary Umpires

N. Batty
J. Lancaster

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Bickerton, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
5 Dawson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
33 Fields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
23 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
8 Hillard, Norm ? ? 0 ?
14 Hoskins, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
7 Murray, Dan ? ? 0 ?
24 O'Bryan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 0 ?
30 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 1 ?
17 Sier, Ken ? ? 3 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 2 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 1 ?
35 Wright, Stan ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 12

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 0 ?
10 Burge, Fred ? ? 1 ?
33 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 ?
12 Cook, Keith ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 1 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
19 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 0 ?
15 Mooney, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
34 Morris, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
29 Randall, Brian ? ? 2 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
13 Waldron, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 9

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