1944 VFL Season: Richmond

These are the details of the premiership results for Richmond for the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Punt Road Oval as their home ground, playing ten matches there (nine as hosts and one as visitors). The team finished the regular season in first place, securing the minor premiership, and in turn, a place in the finals series. After being defeated by Fitzroy in the second semi final and defeating Essendon in the preliminary final, Richmond were defeated by Fitzroy in the grand final, resulting in becoming the runners-up.

Team Details

Competition: 1944 VFL Season
Team: Richmond
Club: Richmond
Home Ground: Punt Road Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 13-1-4, P%: 131.2)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Bawden, Bob #23 21 26 R01-18, SF, PF, GF
Bice, Perc #8 6 0 R10-15
Bower, Ray #16 6 4 R02-06, R13
Broadstock, Jack #24 8 8 R01-02, R07, R15-18, SF
Burge, Fred #10 6 10 R16-18, SF, PF, GF
Cook, Fred #7, #33 17 10 R01, R06-18, SF, PF, GF
Cook, Keith #12 15 1 R01-06, R08-10, R13-14, R18, SF, PF, GF
Curran, Kevin #28 11 23 R01-07, R09-10, R12-13
Deagan, Kevin #3 3 2 R08-10
Durham, Ron #1 7 0 R01-07
Dyer, Jack #17 17 36 R01-11, R16-18, SF, PF, GF
Edwards, Bert #2 19 5 R01-08, R10, R12-18, SF, PF, GF
Harris, Dick #20 19 63 R01-18, SF
Hinson, Joe #27 3 0 R05, R08-09
Hughes, Frank #4 3 0 R07-09
Jones, Les #19 3 1 R18, PF, GF
Kemp, Arthur #5 5 0 R10, R12-15
Lewis, Allen #3 3 0 R11-13
Maguire, Leo #31 21 0 R01-18, SF, PF, GF
Merrett, Leo #22 20 13 R01, R03-18, SF, PF, GF
Mooney, Arthur #15 15 13 R06-09, R11-18, SF, PF, GF
Morris, Bill #5, #34 17 12 R01, R03-08, R11-12, R14-18, SF, PF, GF
Oppy, Max #14 21 4 R01-18, SF, PF, GF
Perkins, Bill #9 21 0 R01-18, SF, PF, GF
Priestley, Charlie #11 8 0 R01-02, R16-18, SF, PF, GF
Quinn, Roy #25 9 6 R03-04, R06, R11, R14-17, SF
Randall, Brian #29 20 20 R01-06, R08-18, SF, PF, GF
Scott, Jack #6 16 2 R01-07, R09-15, PF, GF
Smeaton, George #24, #21 18 1 R02-04, R06-12, R14-18, SF, PF, GF
Symons, Jack #19 1 0 R02
Taylor, Laurie #26 7 17 R01-05, R10-11
Waldron, Bernie #13 19 8 R01-05, R07-09, R11-18, SF, PF, GF
Wiggins, Bob #3 1 0 R16
Wilson, Bill #32 13 20 R05, R07-15, R17, PF, GF

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds
Dyer, Jack 17 13 -1- 3 R01-11, R16-18, SF, PF, GF
Harris, Dick 4 1 -0- 3 R12-15

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
06/05/1944 Round 1 Melbourne AWAY WIN RICH by 40 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
13/05/1944 Round 2 North Melbourne HOME WIN RICH by 20 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
20/05/1944 Round 3 Essendon AWAY WIN RICH by 41 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
27/05/1944 Round 4 Fitzroy HOME WIN RICH by 46 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
03/06/1944 Round 5 Carlton AWAY LOSS CARL by 16 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
10/06/1944 Round 6 Footscray HOME DRAW drawn Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
17/06/1944 Round 7 Geelong HOME WIN RICH by 117 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
24/06/1944 Round 8 South Melbourne AWAY WIN RICH by 35 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
01/07/1944 Round 9 St Kilda HOME WIN RICH by 31 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
08/07/1944 Round 10 Hawthorn AWAY WIN RICH by 19 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
15/07/1944 Round 11 Collingwood HOME WIN RICH by 46 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
22/07/1944 Round 12 Melbourne HOME WIN RICH by 41 Dick Harris Dick Harris
29/07/1944 Round 13 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NMLB by 1 Dick Harris Dick Harris
05/08/1944 Round 14 Essendon HOME LOSS ESSE by 4 Dick Harris Dick Harris
12/08/1944 Round 15 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FITZ by 50 Dick Harris Dick Harris
19/08/1944 Round 16 Carlton HOME WIN RICH by 18 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
26/08/1944 Round 17 Footscray AWAY WIN RICH by 25 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
02/09/1944 Round 18 Collingwood AWAY WIN RICH by 40 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
16/09/1944 Semi Final Fitzroy HOME LOSS FITZ by 11 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
23/09/1944 Preliminary Final Essendon HOME WIN RICH by 21 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer
30/09/1944 Grand Final Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FITZ by 15 Jack Dyer Jack Dyer