1944 VFL Season Round 13: North Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 29 July 1944 between North Melbourne and Richmond during round thirteen of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Richmond at Arden Street Oval. Dally O'Brien captained the hosts. Dick Harris captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob McCaskill and the visitors were coached by Dick Harris.

North Melbourne (11.21.87) defeated Richmond (14.2.86).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: North Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 29 July 1944
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 22,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 11.21.87 - 14.2.86

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne	1	.	1	5	.	7	7	.	8	11	.	21	11	.	21	(87)
Richmond	5	.	2	6	.	2	13	.	2	14	.	2	14	.	2	(86)
Margin	RICH by 25			RICH by 1			RICH by 30			NMLB by 1			NMLB by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Dally O'Brien
Coach: Bob McCaskill

Richmond

Captain: Dick Harris
Coach: Dick Harris (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hooper

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
1	Abikhair, Dick	HBFL	?	0	?
8	Allister, Jack	BPR	?	0	?
15	Clay, Alf	WL	?	0	?
16	Condon, Don	HFFR	?	0	?
12	Crawford, Alan	RU	?	1	?
4	Crump, Alf	CHF	?	1	?
9	Deller, Roy	FPR	?	0	?
5	Dyer, Sid	RO	?	3	?
21	Fairweather, Fred	RU	?	0	?
9	Findlay, Bill	FPL	?	1	?
10	Harrison, Jack	BPL↓	?	0	?
20	McKenzie, Keith	C	?	0	?
30	Moran, Jack	CHB	?	0	?
27	Murray, Sel	FF	?	3	?
28	O'Brien, Dally (c)	HFFL	?	0	?
3	Roulent, Tom	FB	?	1	?
29	Smith, Ron	WR	?	0	?
32	Thomas, Ted	SUB↑	?	0	?
24	Turner, Ted	HBFR	?	1	?
Rushed					?
Total (19 players)				11	21

T. Thomas replaced J. Harrison during the second quarter.

Richmond

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
23	Bawden, Bob	RU	?	0	?
8	Bice, Perc	WL	?	0	?
16	Bower, Ray	SUB	?	0	?
7	Cook, Fred	HFFR	?	1	?
12	Cook, Keith	HBFL	?	0	?
28	Curran, Kevin	FF	?	1	?
2	Edwards, Bert	WR	?	1	?
20	Harris, Dick (c)	FPR	?	4	?
5	Kemp, Arthur	RU	?	0	?
3	Lewis, Allen	HBFR	?	0	?
31	Maguire, Leo	CHB	?	0	?
22	Merrett, Leo	FPL	?	2	?
15	Mooney, Arthur	C	?	0	?
14	Oppy, Max	BPL	?	0	?
9	Perkins, Bill	FB	?	0	?
29	Randall, Brian	CHF	?	1	?
6	Scott, Jack	BPR	?	0	?
13	Waldron, Bernie	HFFL	?	2	?
32	Wilson, Bill	RO	?	2	?
Rushed					?
Total (19 players)				14	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

Player Line-Up

North Melbourne							Coach: Bob McCaskill
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	14	M. Oppy	9	B. Perkins	6	J. Scott	12	A. Crawford	32	T. Thomas
	9	R. Deller	27	S. Murray	9	B. Findlay	21	F. Fairweather
FORWARD							5	S. Dyer
HALF-BACK
	12	K. Cook	31	L. Maguire	3	A. Lewis
	16	D. Condon	4	A. Crump	28	D. O'Brien (c)
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	8	P. Bice	15	A. Mooney	2	B. Edwards
	29	R. Smith	20	K. McKenzie	15	A. Clay	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							23	B. Bawden	16	R. Bower
HALF-FORWARD							5	A. Kemp
	13	B. Waldron	29	B. Randall	7	F. Cook	32	B. Wilson
	24	T. Turner	30	J. Moran	1	D. Abikhair
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	22	L. Merrett	28	K. Curran	20	D. Harris (c)
	8	J. Allister	3	T. Roulent	10	J. Harrison
BACK
Richmond							Coach: Dick Harris

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	NMLB	Sid Dyer behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	??:??
	RICH	Bernie Waldron goal	0.1.1	-	1.0.6	??:??
	RICH	Bill Wilson goal	0.1.1	-	2.0.12	??:??
	NMLB	Alan Crawford goal	1.1.7	-	2.0.12	??:??
	RICH	Leo Merrett goal	1.1.7	-	3.0.18	??:??
	RICH	Keith Cook behind	1.1.7	-	3.1.19	??:??
	RICH		1.1.7	-	?.?.?	??:??
	RICH		1.1.7	-	?.?.?	??:??
	RICH		1.1.7	-	5.2.32	??:??
Q2	NMLB	unknown behind	1.2.8	-	5.2.32	??:??
	NMLB	unknown behind	1.3.9	-	5.2.32	??:??
	NMLB	unknown behind	1.4.10	-	5.2.32	??:??
	NMLB	unknown behind	1.5.11	-	5.2.32	??:??
	NMLB	Sid Dyer goal	2.5.17	-	5.2.32	??:??
	NMLB	Alf Crump goal	3.5.23	-	5.2.32	??:??
			?.?.?	-	?.2.?	??:??
			?.?.?	-	?.2.?	??:??
			?.?.?	-	?.2.?	??:??
			?.?.?	-	?.2.?	??:??
			5.7.37	-	6.2.38	??:??
Q3	RICH	Dick Harris goal	5.7.37	-	7.2.44	??:??
	RICH	Leo Merrett goal	5.7.37	-	8.2.50	??:??
	NMLB	Sel Murray goal	6.7.43	-	8.2.50	??:??
	RICH	Brian Randall goal	6.7.43	-	9.2.56	??:??
	RICH	Bert Edwards goal	6.7.43	-	10.2.62	??:??
	RICH	Bernie Waldron goal	6.7.43	-	11.2.68	??:??
	RICH	Dick Harris goal	6.7.43	-	12.2.74	??:??
	NMLB	Ted Turner goal	7.7.49	-	12.2.74	??:??
	NMLB	Ted Turner behind	7.8.50	-	12.2.74	??:??
	RICH	Bill Wilson goal	7.8.50	-	13.2.80	??:??
Q4	NMLB	unknown behind	7.9.51	-	13.2.80	??:??
	NMLB	unknown behind	7.10.52	-	13.2.80	??:??
	NMLB	unknown behind	7.11.53	-	13.2.80	??:??
	NMLB	Sel Murray goal	8.11.59	-	13.2.80	??:??
	NMLB	Bill Findlay goal	9.11.65	-	13.2.80	??:??
			?.?.?	-	?.2.?	??:??
			?.?.?	-	?.2.?	??:??
			?.?.?	-	?.2.?	??:??
			?.?.?	-	?.2.?	??:??
			?.?.?	-	?.2.?	??:??
			11.14.80	-	14.2.86	??:??
	NMLB	unknown behind	11.15.81	-	14.2.86	??:??
	NMLB	unknown behind	11.16.82	-	14.2.86	??:??
	NMLB	unknown behind	11.17.83	-	14.2.86	??:??
	NMLB	Bill Findlay behind	11.18.84	-	14.2.86	??:??
	NMLB	Sid Dyer behind	11.19.85	-	14.2.86	??:??
	NMLB	Roy Deller behind	11.20.86	-	14.2.86	??:??
	NMLB	Alan Crawford behind	11.21.87	-	14.2.86	??:??

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