1944 VFL Season Round 17: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 26 August 1944 between Footscray and Richmond during round seventeen of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Richmond at Western Oval. Arthur Olliver captained the hosts. Jack Dyer captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Arthur Olliver and the visitors were coached by Jack Dyer.

Footscray (5.14.44) were defeated by Richmond (9.15.69).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 26 August 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 26,500

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Richmond
Score: 5.14.44 - 9.15.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 5 2 . 10 2 . 12 5 . 14 5 . 14 (44)
Richmond 1 . 4 3 . 7 7 . 13 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
Margin FOOT by 1 RICH by 3 RICH by 31 RICH by 25 RICH by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Cahill, Frank ? ? 1 ?
26 Chalmers, Harry ? ? 0 ?
16 Dudley, Merv ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
5 Grove, Ron ? ? 0 ?
9 Hand, Pat ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
6 McTaggart, Bert ? ? 0 ?
31 McTaggart, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 0 ?
29 O'Neill, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 2 ?
22 Sexton, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
30 Tribe, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 5 14

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 1 ?
24 Broadstock, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Burge, Fred ? ? 3 ?
7 Cook, Fred ? ? 1 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 1 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 1 ?
15 Mooney, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
5 Morris, Bill ? ? 1 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
25 Quinn, Roy ? ? 0 ?
29 Randall, Brian ? ? 1 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
13 Waldron, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 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