1944 VFL Season Round 2: Richmond v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 May 1944 between Richmond and North Melbourne during round two of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted North Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Jack Dyer captained the hosts. Dally O'Brien captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Bob McCaskill.

Richmond (18.11.119) defeated North Melbourne (15.9.99).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Richmond v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 13 May 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. North Melbourne
Score: 18.11.119 - 15.9.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 2 5 . 6 13 . 9 18 . 11 18 . 11 (119)
North Melbourne 5 . 4 9 . 6 14 . 9 15 . 9 15 . 9 (99)
Margin NMLB by 20 NMLB by 24 NMLB by 6 RICH by 20 RICH by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

North Melbourne

Captain: Dally O'Brien
Coach: Bob McCaskill

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. O'Brien

Player Statistics

Richmond

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

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Allister, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Arthur, Harold ? ? 2 ?
31 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Condon, Don ? ? 0 ?
12 Crawford, Alan ? ? 3 ?
22 Crosbie, Les ? ? 0 ?
4 Crump, Alf ? ? 3 ?
11 Dobson, Lance ? ? 0 ?
6 Dunstone, Phil ? ? 1 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 2 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 3 ?
7 Garlick, George ? ? 0 ?
26 Haggis, Eric ? ? 0 ?
10 Harrison, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 McKenzie, Keith ? ? 0 ?
28 O'Brien, Dally (c) ? ? 1 ?
19 Patterson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 0 ?
24 Wood, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 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