1947 VFL Season Round 4: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 10 May 1947 between Richmond and Melbourne during round four of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Jack Dyer captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Richmond (10.12.72) were defeated by Melbourne (18.12.120).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 10 May 1947
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Melbourne
Score: 10.12.72 - 18.12.120

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 2 4 . 6 6 . 10 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Melbourne 6 . 4 8 . 6 15 . 10 18 . 12 18 . 12 (120)
Margin MELB by 26 MELB by 24 MELB by 54 MELB by 48 MELB by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bride

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Albiston, Ken ? ? 1 ?
23 Bourke, Frank ? ? 0 ?
10 Burge, Fred ? ? 0 ?
19 Calverley, Des ? ? 0 ?
3 Colls, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
7 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 1 ?
20 Evans, Ron ? ? 0 ?
21 Fraser, Don ? ? 4 ?
30 Hill, Vic ? ? 1 ?
16 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 0 ?
12 Potter, Ray ? ? 1 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
4 Russell, Wally ? ? 0 ?
28 Sherman, Peter ? ? 0 ?
29 Watson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Wiggins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 12

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 2 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 2 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 9 ?
14 Hall, Ron ? ? 0 ?
24 Hanna, Frank ? ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
37 Mitchell, Jim ? ? 0 ?
15 O'Connor, Frank ? ? 3 ?
27 O'Rourke, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 2 ?
19 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
34 Scanlan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 18 12

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