1944 VFL Season Semi Final 2: Richmond v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 16 September 1944 between Richmond and Fitzroy in the second semi final of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Fitzroy at Junction Oval. Jack Dyer captained the hosts. Fred Hughson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Fred Hughson.

Richmond (10.10.70) were defeated by Fitzroy (11.15.81).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Second Semi Final
Teams: Richmond v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 16 September 1944
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 32,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Fitzroy
Score: 10.10.70 - 11.15.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 3 4 . 3 9 . 8 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Fitzroy 3 . 5 7 . 10 9 . 12 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Margin FITZ by 8 FITZ by 25 FITZ by 4 FITZ by 11 FITZ by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Hughson
Coach: Fred Hughson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 1 ?
24 Broadstock, Jack ? ? 3 ?
10 Burge, Fred ? ? 3 ?
7 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 ?
12 Cook, Keith ? ? 1 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 1 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 0 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 0 ?
15 Mooney, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
5 Morris, Bill ? ? 0 ?
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 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 10

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Bickerton, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
5 Dawson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
33 Fields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
23 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
8 Hillard, Norm ? ? 0 ?
14 Hoskins, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
7 Murray, Dan ? ? 0 ?
24 O'Bryan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 2 ?
30 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 0 ?
17 Sier, Ken ? ? 1 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 5 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 1 ?
35 Wright, Stan ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 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