1944 VFL Season Round 18: Collingwood v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 2 September 1944 between Collingwood and Richmond during round eighteen of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Richmond at Victoria Park. In the absence of Pat Fricker, vice-captain Alan Williams captained the hosts with Jack Murphy as vice-captain. Jack Dyer captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Jack Dyer.

Collingwood (10.8.68) were defeated by Richmond (15.18.108).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Collingwood v Richmond
Date: Saturday 2 September 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Richmond
Score: 10.8.68 - 15.18.108

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 0 . 4 7 . 7 8 . 7 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Richmond 4 . 2 6 . 4 13 . 10 15 . 18 15 . 18 (108)
Margin RICH by 22 COLL by 9 RICH by 33 RICH by 40 RICH by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Alan Williams (acting)
Vice-Captain: Jack Murphy (acting)
Coach: Jock McHale

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Burns, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Carruthers, Ron ? ? 0 ?
13 Dalkin, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Galbally, Bob ? ? 1 ?
6 Hibbert, Ron ? ? 0 ?
33 Hocking, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
15 McHale, John ? ? 1 ?
21 Mears, Harry ? ? 3 ?
12 Murphy, Jack (avc) ? ? 0 ?
18 Negri, Des ? ? 0 ?
29 Nelson, George ? ? 0 ?
26 Newman, Dave ? ? 0 ?
20 Nilson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Richards, Lou ? ? 2 ?
10 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 ?
4 Ryan, Ted ? ? 0 ?
34 Utting, Charlie ? ? 2 ?
25 Wallis, Tom ? ? 0 ?
28 Williams, Alan (ac) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 8

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 3 ?
24 Broadstock, Jack ? ? 1 ?
10 Burge, Fred ? ? 0 ?
7 Cook, Fred ? ? 2 ?
12 Cook, Keith ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 4 ?
19 Jones, Les ? ? 1 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 0 ?
15 Mooney, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
5 Morris, Bill ? ? 4 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
29 Randall, Brian ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
13 Waldron, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 18

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