1945 VFL Season Round 3: Richmond v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 5 May 1945 between Richmond and South Melbourne during round three of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted South Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Jack Dyer captained the hosts. Herbie Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Bill Adams.

Richmond (13.11.89) were defeated by South Melbourne (15.19.109).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Richmond v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 5 May 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 27,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by South Melbourne
Score: 13.11.89 - 15.19.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 4 5 . 7 10 . 8 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
South Melbourne 4 . 5 7 . 8 9 . 13 15 . 19 15 . 19 (109)
Margin SMLB by 1 SMLB by 13 RICH by 1 SMLB by 20 SMLB by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Bill Adams

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Lane

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 2 ?
3 Bower, Ray ? ? 1 ?
10 Burge, Fred ? ? 1 ?
7 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 ?
12 Cook, Keith ? ? 0 ?
28 Curran, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 1 ?
21 Fraser, Don ? ? 2 ?
27 Hull, Ian ? ? 0 ?
5 Kemp, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 1 ?
15 Mooney, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
5 Morris, Bill ? ? 1 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
13 Waldron, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
33 Wiggins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 11

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Castles, Vic ? ? 4 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Clegg, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
30 Dempsey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
16 Hartridge, Ron ? ? 5 ?
5 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
31 Linden, Alan ? ? 0 ?
7 Matlock, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
25 Nash, Laurie ? ? 3 ?
14 Richards, Reg ? ? 2 ?
9 Smith, Keith ? ? 1 ?
22 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 0 ?
4 Williams, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 19

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