1947 VFL Season Semi Final 1: Fitzroy v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 6 September 1947 between Fitzroy and Richmond in the first semi final of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Richmond at the MCG. Fred Hughson captained the hosts. Jack Dyer captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Fred Hughson and the visitors were coached by Jack Dyer.

Fitzroy (16.7.103) defeated Richmond (11.9.75).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
Teams: Fitzroy v Richmond
Date: Saturday 6 September 1947
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 82,570

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Richmond
Score: 16.7.103 - 11.9.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 0 7 . 1 10 . 4 16 . 7 16 . 7 (103)
Richmond 2 . 3 6 . 6 8 . 8 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Margin RICH by 3 FITZ by 1 FITZ by 8 FITZ by 28 FITZ by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Hughson
Coach: Fred Hughson

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Chanter, Vic ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 1 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 1 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 1 ?
33 Curtin, Claude ? ? 0 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
23 Fields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
25 Hart, Eddie ? ? 3 ?
6 Hughson, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 2 ?
9 Kennedy, Dick ? ? 0 ?
19 McLaughlin, Alan ? ? 1 ?
12 Miller, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Monaghan, Leo ? ? 3 ?
20 Nicholls, Reg ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 2 ?
10 Sier, Ken ? ? 1 ?
12 Toohey, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 7

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
10 Burge, Fred ? ? 0 ?
7 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 ?
30 Currie, Max ? ? 2 ?
1 Durham, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Fraser, Don ? ? 2 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 0 ?
15 Mooney, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
5 Morris, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
34 Phillips, Pat ? ? 0 ?
33 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 ?
35 Rowe, Des ? ? 0 ?
4 Russell, Wally ? ? 0 ?
27 Stokes, Ray ? ? 0 ?
25 Taylor, Laurie ? ? 3 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 3 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 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