1951 VFL Season Round 12: Footscray v Richmond

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

Footscray (9.17.71) defeated Richmond (6.9.45).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 21 July 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Richmond
Score: 9.17.71 - 6.9.45

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 7 6 . 9 8 . 13 9 . 17 9 . 17 (71)
Richmond 1 . 3 1 . 5 3 . 9 6 . 9 6 . 9 (45)
Margin FOOT by 16 FOOT by 34 FOOT by 34 FOOT by 26 FOOT by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Richmond

Captain: Bill Morris
Coach: Jack Dyer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus ? ? 0 ?
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 Connolly, Bert ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
8 Egan, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Henderson, Don ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
11 Kent, Len ? ? 1 ?
23 Linton, Alby ? ? 3 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
16 McRae, Frank ? ? 1 ?
4 Richards, Ron ? ? 0 ?
26 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 3 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 17

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Albiston, Ken ? ? 0 ?
18 Allen, Tom ? ? 0 ?
16 Austen, Col ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
21 Fraser, Don ? ? 0 ?
12 Irvine, Ron ? ? 0 ?
5 Morris, Bill (c) ? ? 1 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
4 O'Rourke, Jack ? ? 1 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 4 ?
33 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
27 Stokes, Ray ? ? 0 ?
28 Turner, Brian ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 9

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