1946 VFL Season Round 15: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 3 August 1946 between Richmond and Footscray during round fifteen of the 1946 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at Punt Road Oval. Jack Dyer captained the hosts. Arthur Olliver captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Arthur Olliver.

Richmond (12.21.93) were defeated by Footscray (14.15.99).

Match Details

Season: 1946 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 3 August 1946
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 31,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Footscray
Score: 12.21.93 - 14.15.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 1 . 4 5 . 12 7 . 17 12 . 21 12 . 21 (93)
Footscray 5 . 8 10 . 11 13 . 13 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Margin FOOT by 28 FOOT by 29 FOOT by 32 FOOT by 6 FOOT by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Broadstock, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Burge, Fred ? ? 0 ?
19 Calverley, Des ? ? 0 ?
7 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 2 ?
20 Eames, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Fraser, Don ? ? 2 ?
16 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 1 ?
15 Mooney, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
5 Morris, Bill ? ? 1 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
4 Russell, Wally ? ? 0 ?
27 Stokes, Ray ? ? 0 ?
29 Wiggins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 1 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 21

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 3 ?
11 Coulton, Don ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Fountain, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 1 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
15 Morrison, Alby ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Rees, Evan ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 2 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 4 ?
30 Tribe, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm ? ? 2 ?
2 Welsh, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 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