1949 VFL Season Round 7: Richmond v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 28 May 1949 between Richmond and Fitzroy during round seven of the 1949 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Fitzroy at Punt Road Oval. Jack Dyer captained the hosts. Norm Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Richmond (21.21.147) defeated Fitzroy (9.12.66).

Match Details

Season: 1949 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Richmond v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 28 May 1949
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 28,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Fitzroy
Score: 21.21.147 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 5 . 7 13 . 14 17 . 18 21 . 21 21 . 21 (147)
Fitzroy 4 . 4 4 . 4 6 . 9 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin RICH by 9 RICH by 64 RICH by 75 RICH by 81 RICH by 81
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Fitzroy

Captain: Norm Smith
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Albiston, Ken ? ? 6 ?
10 Burge, Fred ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 5 ?
21 Fraser, Don ? ? 0 ?
16 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 1 ?
5 Morris, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 4 ?
33 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 ?
18 Ross, Noel ? ? 1 ?
15 Rowe, Des ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 1 ?
25 Sier, Ken ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
27 Stokes, Ray ? ? 0 ?
13 Webb, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
26 Wiggins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 3 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 21 21

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Chanter, Vic ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 2 ?
13 Donnellan, Ray ? ? 0 ?
26 Gaffney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
25 Hart, Eddie ? ? 1 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
9 Kennedy, Dick ? ? 1 ?
5 Kettle, Jim ? ? 0 ?
19 McLaughlin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
20 Nicholls, Reg ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 0 ?
6 Shillinglaw, Harold ? ? 0 ?
10 Sier, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 4 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
29 Toohey, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 12

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