1945 VFL Season Round 1: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 21 April 1945 between Richmond and Footscray during round one of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at Punt Road Oval. Jack Dyer captained the hosts. Arthur Olliver captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Arthur Olliver.

Richmond (14.11.95) were defeated by Footscray (16.9.105).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 21 April 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 24,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Footscray
Score: 14.11.95 - 16.9.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 0 7 . 4 9 . 6 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Footscray 5 . 2 8 . 6 12 . 8 16 . 9 16 . 9 (105)
Margin FOOT by 8 FOOT by 8 FOOT by 20 FOOT by 10 FOOT by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hooper

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
10 Burge, Fred ? ? 2 ?
7 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 ?
12 Cook, Keith ? ? 0 ?
28 Curran, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
16 Doherty, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 4 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
21 Fraser, Don ? ? 1 ?
5 Kemp, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 0 ?
15 Mooney, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
5 Morris, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 1 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
34 Potter, Ray ? ? 2 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
13 Waldron, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 11

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
28 Broadway, Allan ? ? 1 ?
26 Chalmers, Harry ? ? 1 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
18 Gingell, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
5 Grove, Ron ? ? 0 ?
9 Hand, Pat ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
11 Jacobsen, Allan ? ? 1 ?
23 Kennedy, Del ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
31 McTaggart, Bill ? ? 5 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
29 Moncrieff, Allan ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 2 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
30 Tribe, George ? ? 4 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 9

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