1944 VFL Season Round 7: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 17 June 1944 between Richmond and Geelong during round seven of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Geelong at Punt Road Oval. Jack Dyer captained the hosts. Jack Butcher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Tom Arklay.

Richmond (25.23.173) defeated Geelong (9.2.56).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Richmond v Geelong
Date: Saturday 17 June 1944
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Geelong
Score: 25.23.173 - 9.2.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 7 . 10 10 . 13 19 . 18 25 . 23 25 . 23 (173)
Geelong 2 . 0 6 . 1 7 . 1 9 . 2 9 . 2 (56)
Margin RICH by 40 RICH by 36 RICH by 89 RICH by 117 RICH by 117
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Geelong

Captain: Jack Butcher
Coach: Tom Arklay

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Perry

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 1 ?
24 Broadstock, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 ?
28 Curran, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
1 Durham, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 2 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 2 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 7 ?
4 Hughes, Frank ? ? 0 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 1 ?
15 Mooney, Arthur ? ? 6 ?
5 Morris, Bill ? ? 2 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 1 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
13 Waldron, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 25 23

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Barrett, Gerard ? ? 1 ?
8 Brown, Doug ? ? 2 ?
29 Burns, Tom ? ? 0 ?
1 Butcher, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 0 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
11 Graham, Colin ? ? 0 ?
32 Jerram, Doug ? ? 2 ?
28 Leahy, Pat ? ? 0 ?
31 Mathieson, Alec ? ? 0 ?
2 McWilliams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
15 Munday, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Nankervis, Vic ? ? 0 ?
10 Patman, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
24 Sing, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Southern, Wally ? ? 0 ?
9 Taylor, Vic ? ? 0 ?
20 Tucker, Neil ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 2

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