1947 VFL Season Round 2: Fitzroy v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 26 April 1947 between Fitzroy and Richmond during round two of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Richmond at Brunswick Street Oval. Fred Hughson captained the hosts. Jack Dyer captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Fred Hughson and the visitors were coached by Jack Dyer.

Fitzroy (13.22.100) defeated Richmond (11.11.77).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Fitzroy v Richmond
Date: Saturday 26 April 1947
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 22,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Richmond
Score: 13.22.100 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 5 3 . 13 6 . 19 13 . 22 13 . 22 (100)
Richmond 5 . 2 5 . 4 8 . 8 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin RICH by 21 RICH by 3 RICH by 1 FITZ by 23 FITZ by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Hughson
Coach: Fred Hughson

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hooper

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Brown, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 1 ?
1 Collins, Jack ? ? 1 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
25 Hart, Eddie ? ? 5 ?
14 Hoskins, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 1 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
32 Kettle, Jim ? ? 1 ?
19 McLaughlin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
20 Nicholls, Reg ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 3 ?
30 Shillinglaw, Harold ? ? 0 ?
10 Sier, Ken ? ? 1 ?
34 Smith, Merv ? ? 0 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
28 Vandersluys, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 22

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Bourke, Frank ? ? 2 ?
10 Burge, Fred ? ? 0 ?
19 Calverley, Des ? ? 0 ?
7 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 1 ?
20 Evans, Ron ? ? 1 ?
21 Fraser, Don ? ? 2 ?
16 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 0 ?
15 Mooney, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
5 Morris, Bill ? ? 1 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
12 Pannam, Alby ? ? 2 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
6 Turner, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Watson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Wiggins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 11

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