1951 VFL Season Round 8: Richmond v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 16 June 1951 between Richmond and Fitzroy during round eight of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Fitzroy at Punt Road Oval. Don Fraser captained the hosts. Allan Ruthven captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Richmond (9.12.66) were defeated by Fitzroy (12.16.88).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Richmond v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 16 June 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 26,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Fitzroy
Score: 9.12.66 - 12.16.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 3 4 . 5 8 . 10 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Fitzroy 0 . 5 5 . 8 8 . 10 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
Margin RICH by 16 FITZ by 9 level FITZ by 22 FITZ by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Don Fraser
Coach: Jack Dyer

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Albiston, Ken ? ? 0 ?
18 Allen, Tom ? ? 1 ?
16 Austen, Col ? ? 0 ?
9 Boland, Brian ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
30 Currie, Max ? ? 0 ?
29 Flintoff, Les ? ? 0 ?
21 Fraser, Don (c) ? ? 0 ?
22 Horwood, Ray ? ? 1 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
25 O'Rourke, Basil ? ? 0 ?
4 O'Rourke, Jack ? ? 5 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 0 ?
33 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
27 Stokes, Ray ? ? 1 ?
26 Wiggins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 1 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 12

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Carroll, Noel ? ? 0 ?
24 Chanter, Vic ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 2 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
10 Hart, Don ? ? 3 ?
25 Hart, Eddie ? ? 4 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 3 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
3 Magee, Tom ? ? 0 ?
32 Roberts, Bob ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Simpson, Ron ? ? 0 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
29 Toohey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Watson, Lance ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 16

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