1950 VFL Season Round 13: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 15 July 1950 between Melbourne and Richmond during round thirteen of the 1950 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Shane McGrath captained the hosts. Bill Morris captained the visitors with Don Fraser as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Allan La Fontaine and the visitors were coached by Jack Dyer.

Melbourne (13.16.94) defeated Richmond (9.10.64).

Match Details

Season: 1950 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 15 July 1950
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 37,000

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 13.16.94 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 2 6 . 10 8 . 13 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Richmond 5 . 3 5 . 5 7 . 9 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Margin RICH by 13 MELB by 11 MELB by 10 MELB by 30 MELB by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Shane McGrath
Coach: Allan La Fontaine

Richmond

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 1 ?
3 Collins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 2 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 1 ?
15 Jeffers, Max ? ? 1 ?
14 Johnston, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Love, Colin ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 3 ?
22 McGrath, Shane (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 1 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
9 O'Toole, Con ? ? 0 ?
34 Pound, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 1 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 1 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 16

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Atkinson, Jack ? ? 2 ?
16 Austen, Col ? ? 0 ?
9 Boland, Brian ? ? 0 ?
10 Burge, Fred ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
30 Currie, Max ? ? 0 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
23 Ednie, Ray ? ? 0 ?
21 Fraser, Don (vc) ? ? 0 ?
12 Irvine, Ron ? ? 0 ?
5 Morris, Bill (c) ? ? 1 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 2 ?
15 Rowe, Des ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
28 Stokes, Jervis ? ? 0 ?
26 Wiggins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 2 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 10

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