1947 VFL Season Round 13: Richmond v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 12 July 1947 between Richmond and Fitzroy during round thirteen of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Fitzroy at Punt Road Oval. Jack Dyer captained the hosts. Fred Hughson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Fred Hughson.

Richmond (12.12.84) defeated Fitzroy (11.12.78).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Richmond v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 12 July 1947
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 28,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Fitzroy
Score: 12.12.84 - 11.12.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 6 . 4 9 . 4 12 . 9 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Fitzroy 3 . 2 7 . 6 9 . 6 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Margin RICH by 20 RICH by 10 RICH by 21 RICH by 6 RICH by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Hughson
Coach: Fred Hughson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
10 Burge, Fred ? ? 0 ?
1 Durham, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 3 ?
16 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 0 ?
15 Mooney, Arthur ? ? 3 ?
5 Morris, Bill ? ? 1 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 1 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
34 Phillips, Pat ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
33 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 ?
18 Ross, Noel ? ? 2 ?
4 Russell, Wally ? ? 1 ?
27 Stokes, Ray ? ? 0 ?
25 Taylor, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
29 Watson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 12

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Chanter, Vic ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 1 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 0 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
23 Fields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
25 Hart, Eddie ? ? 5 ?
14 Hoskins, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 2 ?
9 Kennedy, Dick ? ? 0 ?
19 McLaughlin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
20 Nicholls, Reg ? ? 0 ?
21 Owens, Llew ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 3 ?
11 Tonn, Heinz ? ? 0 ?
12 Toohey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Vandersluys, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 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