1946 VFL Season Round 4: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 11 May 1946 between Footscray and Richmond during round four of the 1946 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Richmond at Western Oval. Arthur Olliver captained the hosts. Jack Dyer captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Arthur Olliver and the visitors were coached by Jack Dyer.

Footscray (19.19.133) defeated Richmond (17.10.112).

Match Details

Season: 1946 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 11 May 1946
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 27,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Richmond
Score: 19.19.133 - 17.10.112

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 2 11 . 8 12 . 11 19 . 19 19 . 19 (133)
Richmond 4 . 6 8 . 8 16 . 10 17 . 10 17 . 10 (112)
Margin RICH by 10 FOOT by 18 RICH by 23 FOOT by 21 FOOT by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Cahill, Pat ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
5 Grove, Ron ? ? 3 ?
9 Hand, Pat ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 1 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 1 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
29 Moncrieff, Allan ? ? 0 ?
15 Morrison, Alby ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 1 ?
11 Rees, Evan ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 4 ?
26 Scott, Ken ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 4 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm ? ? 1 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 19 19

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Balfour, Don ? ? 0 ?
23 Bourke, Frank ? ? 5 ?
10 Burge, Fred ? ? 2 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 1 ?
20 Eames, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Fraser, Don ? ? 4 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 0 ?
15 Mooney, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
5 Morris, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
32 Roach, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Ross, Noel ? ? 2 ?
28 Rowe, Des ? ? 1 ?
4 Russell, Wally ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
26 Sullivan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Turner, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 10

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