1944 VFL Season Round 4: Richmond v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 27 May 1944 between Richmond and Fitzroy during round four of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Fitzroy at Punt Road Oval. Jack Dyer captained the hosts. Fred Hughson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Fred Hughson.

Richmond (14.13.97) defeated Fitzroy (7.9.51).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Richmond v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 27 May 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 29,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Fitzroy
Score: 14.13.97 - 7.9.51

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 3 5 . 3 9 . 7 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Fitzroy 0 . 1 5 . 5 5 . 9 7 . 9 7 . 9 (51)
Margin RICH by 26 FITZ by 2 RICH by 22 RICH by 46 RICH by 46
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Hughson
Coach: Fred Hughson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

Richmond

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

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Bristowe, Wally ? ? 0 ?
15 Clay, Alf ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
5 Dawson, Stan ? ? 1 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
2 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
28 Hallahan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
8 Hillard, Norm ? ? 0 ?
9 Horan, Monty ? ? 0 ?
14 Hoskins, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
17 Merrick, Bob ? ? 0 ?
10 Miller, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Murray, Dan ? ? 0 ?
24 O'Bryan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
30 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 3 ?
17 Sier, Ken ? ? 1 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 2 ?
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