1948 VFL Season Round 4: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 May 1948 between Richmond and Melbourne during round four of the 1948 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Jack Dyer captained the hosts. Don Cordner captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Richmond (12.12.84) were defeated by Melbourne (13.11.89).

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 8 May 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 19,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Melbourne
Score: 12.12.84 - 13.11.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 6 . 4 8 . 8 10 . 11 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Melbourne 3 . 3 6 . 6 8 . 8 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Margin RICH by 19 RICH by 14 RICH by 15 MELB by 5 MELB by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Melbourne

Captain: Don Cordner
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jones

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
10 Burge, Fred ? ? 0 ?
7 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 ?
1 Durham, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 1 ?
20 Evans, Ron ? ? 3 ?
21 Fraser, Don ? ? 1 ?
16 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 0 ?
5 Morris, Bill ? ? 1 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 1 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
34 Phillips, Pat ? ? 1 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 1 ?
25 Sier, Ken ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
27 Stokes, Ray ? ? 0 ?
23 Tomlins, Stan ? ? 1 ?
29 Watson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 12

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 4 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
3 Collins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 1 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 1 ?
24 Hanna, Frank ? ? 1 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 1 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
1 Mitchell, Jim ? ? 0 ?
15 O'Connor, Frank ? ? 1 ?
27 O'Rourke, Ernie ? ? 1 ?
20 Robinson, Russ ? ? 1 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 1 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 0 ?
34 Scanlan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
13 Spittle, Max ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 11

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