1947 VFL Season Round 6: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 24 May 1947 between Richmond and Geelong during round six of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Geelong at Punt Road Oval. Jack Dyer captained the hosts. George Gniel captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Tommy Quinn.

Richmond (18.18.126) defeated Geelong (11.11.77).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Richmond v Geelong
Date: Saturday 24 May 1947
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 14,500

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Geelong
Score: 18.18.126 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 5 . 3 9 . 9 14 . 16 18 . 18 18 . 18 (126)
Geelong 3 . 3 5 . 6 7 . 7 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin RICH by 12 RICH by 27 RICH by 51 RICH by 49 RICH by 49
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Geelong

Captain: George Gniel
Coach: Tommy Quinn

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
10 Burge, Fred ? ? 3 ?
19 Calverley, Des ? ? 0 ?
7 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 ?
1 Durham, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 5 ?
6 James, Bert ? ? 0 ?
16 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
13 Knott, Dan ? ? 0 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 0 ?
15 Mooney, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
5 Morris, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 3 ?
4 Russell, Wally ? ? 0 ?
27 Stokes, Ray ? ? 0 ?
29 Watson, Jack ? ? 2 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 2 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 18 18

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Bailey, Joe ? ? 0 ?
19 Bauer, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 Brown, Doug ? ? 1 ?
21 Brown, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
20 Card, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Fitzgerald, Brian ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 1 ?
17 Gniel, George (c) ? ? 0 ?
15 Harwood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Hovey, Jim ? ? 1 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 1 ?
26 Monahan, Andy ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 2 ?
18 Pike, Frank ? ? 0 ?
16 Rayson, Alan ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 2 ?
24 Tate, Syd ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 3 ?
5 Whitten, Jack ? ? 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