1948 VFL Season Round 15: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 7 August 1948 between Melbourne and Richmond during round fifteen of the 1948 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Don Cordner captained the hosts. Jack Dyer captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Jack Dyer.

Melbourne (6.8.44) were defeated by Richmond (15.16.106).

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 7 August 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 40,692

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 6.8.44 - 15.16.106

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 3 3 . 4 5 . 6 6 . 8 6 . 8 (44)
Richmond 3 . 5 5 . 8 8 . 10 15 . 16 15 . 16 (106)
Margin RICH by 14 RICH by 16 RICH by 22 RICH by 62 RICH by 62
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Don Cordner
Coach: Frank Hughes

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Bowman, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don (c) ? ? 0 ?
26 Cox, Colin ? ? 1 ?
6 Craddock, Eddie ? ? 2 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
28 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 0 ?
24 Hanna, Frank ? ? 0 ?
23 Hardie, Dave ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 2 ?
15 O'Connor, Frank ? ? 1 ?
27 O'Rourke, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
20 Robinson, Russ ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 0 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 0 ?
19 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
13 Spittle, Max ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 8

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Albiston, Ken ? ? 3 ?
10 Burge, Fred ? ? 0 ?
1 Durham, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 3 ?
20 Evans, Ron ? ? 0 ?
28 Howard, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 1 ?
11 Roberts, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 ?
18 Rowe, Des ? ? 1 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
25 Sier, Ken ? ? 0 ?
28 Stokes, Jervis ? ? 2 ?
27 Stokes, Ray ? ? 0 ?
23 Tomlins, Stan ? ? 5 ?
13 Watson, Clive ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 16

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