1944 VFL Season Round 6: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 10 June 1944 between Richmond and Footscray during round six of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at Punt Road Oval. Jack Dyer captained the hosts. Arthur Olliver captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Arthur Olliver.

Richmond (19.11.125) drew with Footscray (18.17.125).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 10 June 1944
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 22,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond drew with Footscray
Score: 19.11.125 - 18.17.125

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 5 . 3 10 . 7 13 . 8 19 . 11 19 . 11 (125)
Footscray 3 . 6 7 . 10 16 . 17 18 . 17 18 . 17 (125)
Margin RICH by 9 RICH by 15 FOOT by 27 level drawn
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hooper

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 0 ?
16 Bower, Ray ? ? 2 ?
7 Cook, Fred ? ? 2 ?
12 Cook, Keith ? ? 0 ?
28 Curran, Kevin ? ? 4 ?
1 Durham, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 3 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 4 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 0 ?
15 Mooney, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
5 Morris, Bill ? ? 3 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
25 Quinn, Roy ? ? 0 ?
29 Randall, Brian ? ? 0 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 19 11

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
28 Benison, Alf ? ? 2 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 0 ?
21 Esse, Herb ? ? 0 ?
5 Grove, Ron ? ? 1 ?
9 Hand, Pat ? ? 0 ?
17 Henderson, Don ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 1 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 1 ?
6 McTaggart, Bert ? ? 0 ?
31 McTaggart, Bill ? ? 2 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 1 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
6 Sutton, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Tribe, George ? ? 4 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
35 Weldon, Joe ? ? 2 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 18 17

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