1947 VFL Season Round 15: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 26 July 1947 between Melbourne and Richmond during round fifteen of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Norm Smith captained the hosts with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. Jack Dyer captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Jack Dyer.

Melbourne (10.12.72) were defeated by Richmond (11.15.81).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 26 July 1947
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 31,574

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 10.12.72 - 11.15.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 1 7 . 6 7 . 10 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Richmond 3 . 4 4 . 9 4 . 13 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Margin MELB by 3 MELB by 15 MELB by 15 RICH by 9 RICH by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Norm Smith
Vice-Captain: Jack Mueller
Coach: Frank Hughes

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 2 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 1 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 3 ?
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 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 0 ?
15 O'Connor, Frank ? ? 0 ?
27 O'Rourke, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 2 ?
19 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
34 Scanlan, Frank ? ? 1 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 1 ?
13 Spittle, Max ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 12

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Albiston, Ken ? ? 0 ?
23 Bourke, Frank ? ? 1 ?
10 Burge, Fred ? ? 0 ?
1 Durham, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 2 ?
21 Fraser, Don ? ? 1 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 0 ?
5 Morris, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
34 Phillips, Pat ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
33 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 ?
18 Ross, Noel ? ? 1 ?
35 Rowe, Des ? ? 2 ?
4 Russell, Wally ? ? 1 ?
27 Stokes, Ray ? ? 0 ?
25 Taylor, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 15

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

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