1945 VFL Season Round 20: Richmond v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 1 September 1945 between Richmond and Collingwood during round twenty of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Collingwood at Punt Road Oval. Jack Dyer captained the hosts. In the absence of Alby Pannam, vice-captain Alan Williams captained the visitors with Jack Murphy as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Richmond (8.19.67) were defeated by Collingwood (12.15.87).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Richmond v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 1 September 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 23,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Collingwood
Score: 8.19.67 - 12.15.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 2 3 . 5 5 . 14 8 . 19 8 . 19 (67)
Collingwood 6 . 8 9 . 10 9 . 12 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Margin COLL by 24 COLL by 41 COLL by 22 COLL by 20 COLL by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Collingwood

Captain: Alan Williams (acting)
Vice-Captain: Jack Murphy (acting)
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Balfour, Don ? ? 1 ?
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Bower, Ray ? ? 1 ?
10 Burge, Fred ? ? 1 ?
7 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 ?
12 Cook, Keith ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Fraser, Don ? ? 2 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 0 ?
15 Mooney, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
5 Morris, Bill ? ? 1 ?
6 Murray, Sel ? ? 2 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
4 Russell, Wally ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
30 Styles, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 19

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Brown, Allan ? ? 0 ?
3 Burns, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Carruthers, Ron ? ? 0 ?
7 Dalkin, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Fitzgerald, Len ? ? 0 ?
11 Fothergill, Des ? ? 6 ?
14 Holten, Mac ? ? 0 ?
8 Hustler, Len ? ? 2 ?
17 Mears, Harry ? ? 1 ?
19 Murphy, Jack (avc) ? ? 0 ?
20 Naismith, Herb ? ? 0 ?
23 Newman, Dave ? ? 2 ?
24 Richards, Lou ? ? 0 ?
25 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 ?
27 Twomey, Bill ? ? 0 ?
28 Utting, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
30 Wade, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
29 Wallis, Tom ? ? 0 ?
28 Williams, Alan (ac) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 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