1944 VFL Season Round 12: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 July 1944 between Richmond and Melbourne during round twelve of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Dick Harris captained the hosts. Percy Beames captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Harris and the visitors were coached by Percy Beames.

Richmond (17.8.110) defeated Melbourne (9.15.69).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 July 1944
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 19,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Melbourne
Score: 17.8.110 - 9.15.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 6 . 3 6 . 4 16 . 6 17 . 8 17 . 8 (110)
Melbourne 2 . 2 5 . 8 6 . 10 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
Margin RICH by 25 RICH by 2 RICH by 56 RICH by 41 RICH by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Dick Harris
Coach: Dick Harris (caretaker)

Melbourne

Captain: Percy Beames
Coach: Percy Beames

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 2 ?
8 Bice, Perc ? ? 0 ?
7 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 ?
28 Curran, Kevin ? ? 4 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick (c) ? ? 2 ?
5 Kemp, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
3 Lewis, Allen ? ? 0 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 3 ?
15 Mooney, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
5 Morris, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
29 Randall, Brian ? ? 3 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
13 Waldron, Bernie ? ? 1 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 8

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Archibald, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
37 Crimmins, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
36 Downey, Es ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 4 ?
20 Herbert, Bob ? ? 1 ?
26 Heywood, Doug ? ? 0 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
33 Lewis, Warren ? ? 1 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
16 McPherson, Hughie ? ? 0 ?
32 Minnis, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 3 ?
38 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
13 Scanlan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 0 ?
39 Stock, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 15

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