1944 VFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 6 May 1944 between Melbourne and Richmond during round one of the 1944 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 (14.8.92) were defeated by Richmond (19.18.132).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 6 May 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 14.8.92 - 19.18.132

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 0 . 3 6 . 5 9 . 6 14 . 8 14 . 8 (92)
Richmond 3 . 8 10 . 9 13 . 12 19 . 18 19 . 18 (132)
Margin RICH by 23 RICH by 28 RICH by 30 RICH by 40 RICH by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Percy Beames
Coach: Percy Beames

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Boundary Umpires

P. Burns

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Archibald, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy (c) ? ? 3 ?
7 Conroy, Clem ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 5 ?
27 Galbraith, Col ? ? 0 ?
20 Herbert, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
39 Kennedy, Frank ? ? 1 ?
1 Kimberley, Ron ? ? 0 ?
37 Maher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 McGrath, Frank ? ? 1 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
16 McPherson, Hughie ? ? 0 ?
35 Newman, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 0 ?
28 Taylor, Percy ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 8

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 1 ?
24 Broadstock, Jack ? ? 2 ?
7 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 ?
12 Cook, Keith ? ? 0 ?
28 Curran, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
1 Durham, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 4 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 3 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 1 ?
5 Morris, Bill ? ? 1 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 1 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
29 Randall, Brian ? ? 3 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 1 ?
26 Taylor, Laurie ? ? 2 ?
13 Waldron, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 19 18

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