1950 VFL Season Round 2: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 29 April 1950 between Richmond and Melbourne during round two of the 1950 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Bill Morris captained the hosts with Don Fraser as vice-captain. Shane McGrath captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Allan La Fontaine.

Richmond (10.12.72) were defeated by Melbourne (10.13.73).

Match Details

Season: 1950 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 29 April 1950
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 25,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Melbourne
Score: 10.12.72 - 10.13.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 1 5 . 5 7 . 7 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Melbourne 2 . 5 4 . 8 7 . 11 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Margin MELB by 4 RICH by 3 MELB by 4 MELB by 1 MELB by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Bill Morris
Vice-Captain: Don Fraser
Coach: Jack Dyer

Melbourne

Captain: Shane McGrath
Coach: Allan La Fontaine

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Albiston, Ken ? ? 1 ?
16 Austen, Col ? ? 0 ?
10 Burge, Fred ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
30 Currie, Max ? ? 0 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
23 Ednie, Ray ? ? 3 ?
21 Fraser, Don (vc) ? ? 0 ?
22 Horwood, Ray ? ? 0 ?
5 Morris, Bill (c) ? ? 1 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 1 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 4 ?
11 Roberts, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
25 Sier, Ken ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
27 Stokes, Ray ? ? 0 ?
26 Wiggins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 12

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
26 Bedford, Dave ? ? 0 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
23 Carlon, Ken ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 2 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 1 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
8 Heywood, Doug ? ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
20 McGowan, Allan ? ? 0 ?
22 McGrath, Shane (c) ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 1 ?
27 Rollason, Ken ? ? 5 ?
31 Rule, Stan ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 13

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