1946 VFL Season Round 10: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 June 1946 between Richmond and Melbourne during round ten of the 1946 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Jack Dyer captained the hosts. Norm Smith captained the visitors with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Richmond (9.16.70) were defeated by Melbourne (13.8.86).

Match Details

Season: 1946 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 June 1946
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Melbourne
Score: 9.16.70 - 13.8.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 4 3 . 8 9 . 14 9 . 16 9 . 16 (70)
Melbourne 5 . 3 7 . 5 11 . 5 13 . 8 13 . 8 (86)
Margin MELB by 11 MELB by 21 MELB by 3 MELB by 16 MELB by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Melbourne

Captain: Norm Smith
Vice-Captain: Jack Mueller
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Calverley, Des ? ? 0 ?
7 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 1 ?
20 Eames, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Fraser, Don ? ? 0 ?
16 Jones, Les ? ? 2 ?
5 Kemp, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 0 ?
15 Mooney, Arthur ? ? 3 ?
5 Morris, Bill ? ? 0 ?
6 Murray, Sel ? ? 1 ?
3 Nagle, Phil ? ? 1 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Ross, Noel ? ? 1 ?
28 Rowe, Des ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Turner, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Wiggins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 16

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Bowman, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
34 Byfield, Arnold ? ? 1 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
23 Cordner, Ted ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 2 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
24 Kennedy, Dick ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
37 Mitchell, Jim ? ? 2 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 0 ?
27 O'Rourke, Ernie ? ? 2 ?
1 Rowarth, Ern ? ? 0 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 6 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 8

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