1947 VFL Season Round 10: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 21 June 1947 between Footscray and Richmond during round ten of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Richmond at Western Oval. Jack Dyer captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jim Crowe and the visitors were coached by Jack Dyer.

Footscray (4.17.41) were defeated by Richmond (10.12.72).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 21 June 1947
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Richmond
Score: 4.17.41 - 10.12.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 1 3 . 10 3 . 11 4 . 17 4 . 17 (41)
Richmond 3 . 8 3 . 8 9 . 12 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Margin RICH by 19 FOOT by 2 RICH by 37 RICH by 31 RICH by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Jim Crowe

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bride

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Barker, Lou ? ? 0 ?
8 Cahill, Pat ? ? 0 ?
11 Collinson, Dick ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Fountain, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
12 Laffey, Merv ? ? 0 ?
23 Logan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 1 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
29 Moncrieff, Allan ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
31 Rees, Evan ? ? 0 ?
30 Robb, Tim ? ? 1 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Webb, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 4 17

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
10 Burge, Fred ? ? 0 ?
7 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 ?
13 Cook, Wally ? ? 0 ?
1 Durham, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 3 ?
16 Jones, Les ? ? 1 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 1 ?
5 Morris, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 3 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
34 Phillips, Pat ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
33 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 ?
27 Stokes, Ray ? ? 0 ?
25 Taylor, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
29 Watson, Jack ? ? 1 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 1 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 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