1949 VFL Season Round 12: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 9 July 1949 between Footscray and Richmond during round twelve of the 1949 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 (12.11.83) defeated Richmond (7.18.60).

Match Details

Season: 1949 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 9 July 1949
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Richmond
Score: 12.11.83 - 7.18.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 0 8 . 4 8 . 5 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Richmond 5 . 5 6 . 8 7 . 15 7 . 18 7 . 18 (60)
Margin RICH by 17 FOOT by 8 RICH by 4 FOOT by 23 FOOT by 23
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
29 Abbey, Angus ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
14 Laffey, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
23 Linton, Alby ? ? 5 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
32 McDonnell, Marty ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Miller, Tom ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 1 ?
31 Rees, Evan ? ? 0 ?
7 Reid, Bruce ? ? 3 ?
26 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 2 ?
25 Scanlan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
20 Storey, Jack ? ? 1 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 Templeton, Bob ? ? 0 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 11

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Albiston, Ken ? ? 0 ?
10 Burge, Fred ? ? 0 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
20 Evans, Ron ? ? 0 ?
21 Fraser, Don ? ? 4 ?
11 Hood, Max ? ? 0 ?
16 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Morris, Bill ? ? 1 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 2 ?
33 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 ?
18 Ross, Noel ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des ? ? 0 ?
25 Sier, Ken ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
27 Stokes, Ray ? ? 0 ?
26 Wiggins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 18

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