1945 VFL Season Round 15: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 July 1945 between Richmond and Melbourne during round fifteen of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Jack Dyer captained the hosts. Norm Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Richmond (13.14.92) defeated Melbourne (11.13.79).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 28 July 1945
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Melbourne
Score: 13.14.92 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 2 9 . 7 11 . 9 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Melbourne 5 . 3 7 . 5 9 . 11 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin MELB by 13 RICH by 14 RICH by 10 RICH by 13 RICH by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Melbourne

Captain: Norm Smith
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. McIntyre

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Balfour, Don ? ? 0 ?
28 Barnewall, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
24 Broadstock, Jack ? ? 1 ?
10 Burge, Fred ? ? 4 ?
26 Cartwright, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 1 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
21 Fraser, Don ? ? 2 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 1 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 0 ?
15 Mooney, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
18 Ross, Noel ? ? 1 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 1 ?
30 Styles, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Waldron, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 14

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 1 ?
11 Bowman, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 1 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
33 Edge, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 3 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
24 Kennedy, Dick ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan ? ? 0 ?
29 Latham, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
35 Newman, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
22 O'Rourke, Ernie ? ? 1 ?
9 Porter, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
1 Rowarth, Ern ? ? 0 ?
19 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 3 ?
8 Stabb, Roy ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 13

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