1948 VFL Season Round 2: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 1948 between Richmond and Footscray during round two of the 1948 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at Punt Road Oval. Jack Dyer captained the hosts. Arthur Olliver captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Arthur Olliver.

Richmond (20.12.132) defeated Footscray (8.9.57).

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 24 April 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 29,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Footscray
Score: 20.12.132 - 8.9.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 8 . 6 12 . 7 18 . 8 20 . 12 20 . 12 (132)
Footscray 1 . 1 6 . 2 6 . 4 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Margin RICH by 47 RICH by 41 RICH by 76 RICH by 75 RICH by 75
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Albiston, Ken ? ? 0 ?
10 Burge, Fred ? ? 0 ?
7 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 ?
30 Currie, Max ? ? 0 ?
1 Durham, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 5 ?
20 Evans, Ron ? ? 4 ?
21 Fraser, Don ? ? 0 ?
16 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 0 ?
15 Mooney, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
5 Morris, Bill ? ? 3 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
27 Stokes, Ray ? ? 0 ?
23 Tomlins, Stan ? ? 4 ?
29 Watson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Wiggins, Bob ? ? 1 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 20 12

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 1 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
8 Isaac, Max ? ? 0 ?
12 Laffey, Merv ? ? 3 ?
20 Linton, Alby ? ? 0 ?
23 Logan, Jack ? ? 1 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
24 Miller, Tom ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Parker, Les ? ? 0 ?
31 Rees, Evan ? ? 0 ?
4 Reid, Bob ? ? 1 ?
30 Robb, Tim ? ? 1 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Webb, Norm ? ? 1 ?
16 Welsh, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 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