1948 VFL Season Round 13: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 17 July 1948 between Footscray and Richmond during round thirteen of the 1948 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Richmond at Western Oval. Arthur Olliver captained the hosts. Leo Merrett captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Arthur Olliver and the visitors were coached by Jack Dyer.

Footscray (10.14.74) were defeated by Richmond (12.9.81).

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 17 July 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Richmond
Score: 10.14.74 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 5 6 . 10 8 . 12 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Richmond 3 . 1 8 . 5 11 . 5 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Margin FOOT by 10 RICH by 7 RICH by 11 RICH by 7 RICH by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Richmond

Captain: Leo Merrett
Coach: Jack Dyer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
17 Bulman, Alan ? ? 1 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 4 ?
8 Isaac, Max ? ? 1 ?
12 Laffey, Merv ? ? 1 ?
23 Logan, Jack ? ? 1 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Miller, Tom ? ? 0 ?
9 Morrissey, Vin ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 0 ?
31 Rees, Evan ? ? 0 ?
30 Robb, Tim ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Webb, Norm ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
20 Yewers, Clive ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 14

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Albiston, Ken ? ? 0 ?
10 Burge, Fred ? ? 0 ?
7 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 ?
1 Durham, Ron ? ? 0 ?
20 Evans, Ron ? ? 1 ?
28 Howard, Frank ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Morris, Bill ? ? 1 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 6 ?
11 Roberts, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Rowe, Des ? ? 0 ?
25 Sier, Ken ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
28 Stokes, Jervis ? ? 1 ?
27 Stokes, Ray ? ? 0 ?
23 Tomlins, Stan ? ? 1 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 2 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 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