1951 VFL Season Round 1: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 21 April 1951 between Richmond and Footscray during round one of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at Punt Road Oval. Bill Morris captained the hosts. Charlie Sutton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Richmond (15.9.99) were defeated by Footscray (15.10.100).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 21 April 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 22,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Footscray
Score: 15.9.99 - 15.10.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 2 8 . 6 10 . 8 15 . 9 15 . 9 (99)
Footscray 6 . 3 8 . 5 13 . 9 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Margin FOOT by 19 RICH by 1 FOOT by 19 FOOT by 1 FOOT by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Bill Morris
Coach: Jack Dyer

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Roach

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Austen, Col ? ? 0 ?
9 Boland, Brian ? ? 2 ?
17 Clarke, Fred ? ? 0 ?
21 Fraser, Don ? ? 0 ?
34 Gardner, Len ? ? 0 ?
22 Horwood, Ray ? ? 1 ?
5 Morris, Bill (c) ? ? 1 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
4 O'Rourke, Jack ? ? 5 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 1 ?
33 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 1 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
27 Stokes, Ray ? ? 3 ?
28 Turner, Brian ? ? 0 ?
26 Wiggins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 1 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 9

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus ? ? 0 ?
14 Barrett, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 1 ?
17 Bulman, Alan ? ? 3 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
1 Henderson, Don ? ? 1 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
11 Kent, Len ? ? 2 ?
31 King, Jack ? ? 1 ?
12 Laffey, Merv ? ? 2 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
16 McRae, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 1 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 ?
31 Willis, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 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