1951 VFL Season Round 4: Richmond v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 12 May 1951 between Richmond and Hawthorn during round four of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Hawthorn at Punt Road Oval. Bill Morris captained the hosts. Kevin Curran captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Bob McCaskill.

Richmond (17.18.120) defeated Hawthorn (7.14.56).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Richmond v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 12 May 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Hawthorn
Score: 17.18.120 - 7.14.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 3 9 . 7 11 . 12 17 . 18 17 . 18 (120)
Hawthorn 3 . 6 5 . 8 7 . 12 7 . 14 7 . 14 (56)
Margin HWTH by 9 RICH by 23 RICH by 24 RICH by 64 RICH by 64
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Bill Morris
Coach: Jack Dyer

Hawthorn

Captain: Kevin Curran
Coach: Bob McCaskill

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Rowe

Goal Umpires

L. Murphy

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Allen, Tom ? ? 0 ?
16 Austen, Col ? ? 0 ?
9 Boland, Brian ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
21 Fraser, Don ? ? 0 ?
22 Horwood, Ray ? ? 1 ?
5 Morris, Bill (c) ? ? 4 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
4 O'Rourke, Jack ? ? 5 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 1 ?
35 Ritchie, John ? ? 0 ?
33 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 4 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
27 Stokes, Ray ? ? 0 ?
26 Wiggins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 1 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 18

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Allsop, Tom WL ? 1 ?
22 Black, Norm SUB↑ ? 0 ?
30 Bowman, Gordon SUB↑ ? 0 ?
33 Cash, Pat CHF ? 1 ?
1 Curran, Kevin (c) RU ? 0 ?
32 Fitchett, Mike C ? 0 ?
23 Fletcher, Ted BPR ? 0 ?
29 Gibb, Ray FB ? 0 ?
13 Griffiths, Barry HFFR ? 1 ?
11 Hancock, Peter FPL ? 0 ?
2 Hartigan, Jack FPR ? 1 ?
10 Kennedy, John RU ? 0 ?
19 Le Nepveu, Allan HFFL ? 0 ?
20 McKinnon, Vic CHB ? 0 ?
5 McLeod, Jack BPL ? 0 ?
14 O'Donohue, Peter HBFR↓ ? 0 ?
8 Philp, Clive FF ? 2 ?
12 Robison, Jim HBFL↓ ? 0 ?
27 Simmonds, Roy RO ? 1 ?
16 Wilkinson, Lance WR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 14

G. Bowman replaced J. Robison during the second quarter.
N. Black replaced P. O'Donohue during the third quarter.

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

Player Line-Up

Richmond Coach: Jack Dyer
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
5 J. McLeod 29 R. Gibb 23 T. Fletcher













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



12 J. Robison 20 V. McKinnon 14 P. O'Donohue













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



4 T. Allsop 32 M. Fitchett 16 L. Wilkinson









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 1 K. Curran (c) 22 N. Black
HALF-FORWARD 10 J. Kennedy 30 G. Bowman
19 A. Le Nepveu 33 P. Cash 13 B. Griffiths 27 R. Simmonds











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



11 P. Hancock 8 C. Philp 2 J. Hartigan













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Bob McCaskill