1947 VFL Season Round 17: Geelong v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 1947 between Geelong and Richmond during round seventeen of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Richmond at Kardinia Park. Jack Dyer captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tommy Quinn and the visitors were coached by Jack Dyer.

Geelong (16.19.115) defeated Richmond (13.9.87).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Geelong v Richmond
Date: Saturday 16 August 1947
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 18,500

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Richmond
Score: 16.19.115 - 13.9.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 3 10 . 8 12 . 10 16 . 19 16 . 19 (115)
Richmond 6 . 2 7 . 4 12 . 7 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Margin RICH by 11 GEEL by 22 GEEL by 3 GEEL by 28 GEEL by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Tommy Quinn

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Bailey, Joe ? ? 0 ?
19 Bauer, Don ? ? 0 ?
13 Burrell, Alf ? ? 0 ?
20 Card, George ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 0 ?
15 Harwood, Bill ? ? 3 ?
2 Hovey, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 1 ?
23 Lindsay, Alwyn ? ? 0 ?
35 Lynch, Marty ? ? 1 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 0 ?
37 Pike, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 2 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Tate, Syd ? ? 0 ?
36 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
30 White, Len ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 9 ?
34 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
27 Wood, Ron ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 19

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Albiston, Ken ? ? 1 ?
10 Burge, Fred ? ? 0 ?
7 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 ?
30 Currie, Max ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 1 ?
21 Fraser, Don ? ? 6 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 0 ?
5 Morris, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
34 Phillips, Pat ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 1 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
33 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 ?
35 Rowe, Des ? ? 2 ?
4 Russell, Wally ? ? 0 ?
27 Stokes, Ray ? ? 0 ?
26 Wiggins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 9

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