1951 VFL Round 15: Hawthorn v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 11 August 1951 between Hawthorn and Richmond during round 15 of the 1951 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted Richmond at Glenferrie Oval. Kevin Curran captained the hosts. Bill Morris captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob McCaskill and the visitors were coached by Jack Dyer.

Hawthorn
Back: N. Black, L. Crane, K. Curran (capt.)
Half-back: P. O'Donohue, R. Gibb, J. O'Mahoney
Centre: N. Pearson, P. Cash, L. Wilkinson
Half-forward: P. Charleston, V. McKinnon, J. Rattray
Forward: G. Anderson, B. Griffiths, J. MacDonald
Follower: G. Edwards, J. Marr, R. Simmonds
Sub.: I. Mathers, D. Morgan

Richmond
B. Morris (capt.), K. Albiston, T. Allen, C. Austen, B. Boland, A. Cooke, D. Fraser, L. Gardner, J. Nix, M. Oppy, J. O'Rourke, R. Poulter, R. Reiffel, D. Rowe, P. Schofield, G. Spring, R. Stokes, B. Turner, B. Wilson, R. Wright

Hawthorn (6.15.51) were defeated by Richmond (10.13.73).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: P. Cash (2), B. Griffiths (2), J. Marr, L. Wilkinson
Richmond: J. O'Rourke (5), R. Poulter (2), P. Schofield (2), B. Turner

As a result of this match, Hawthorn remained 11th on the ladder and Richmond remained 6th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Hawthorn v Richmond
Date: Saturday 11 August 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 11,000

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. by Richmond
Score: 6.15.51 - 10.13.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 2 . 5 3 . 9 6 . 12 6 . 15 6 . 15 (51)
Richmond 2 . 3 5 . 5 6 . 8 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Margin HWTH by 2 RICH by 8 HWTH by 4 RICH by 22 RICH by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bob McCaskill (Hawthorn), Jack Dyer (Richmond)
Captains: Kevin Curran (Hawthorn), Bill Morris (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Blumfield

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Anderson, Gordon FPL ? 0 ?
22 Black, Norm BPL ? 0 ?
33 Cash, Pat C ? 2 ?
28 Charleston, Peter HFFL ? 0 ?
31 Crane, Len FB ? 0 ?
1 Curran, Kevin (c) BPR ? 0 ?
26 Edwards, George RU ? 0 ?
29 Gibb, Ray CHB ? 0 ?
13 Griffiths, Barry FF ? 2 ?
34 MacDonald, Jack FPR ? 0 ?
24 Marr, Jack RU ? 1 ?
35 Mathers, Ian SUB ? 0 ?
20 McKinnon, Vic CHF ? 0 ?
17 Morgan, Dave SUB ? 0 ?
14 O'Donohue, Peter HBFL ? 0 ?
3 O'Mahoney, John HBFR ? 0 ?
7 Pearson, Neil WL ? 0 ?
9 Rattray, Jim HFFR ? 0 ?
27 Simmonds, Roy RO ? 0 ?
16 Wilkinson, Lance WR ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 15

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Albiston, Ken ? ? 0 ?
18 Allen, Tom ? ? 0 ?
16 Austen, Col ? ? 0 ?
9 Boland, Brian ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
21 Fraser, Don ? ? 0 ?
34 Gardner, Len ? ? 0 ?
5 Morris, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
4 O'Rourke, Jack ? ? 5 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 2 ?
6 Reiffel, Ron ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des ? ? 0 ?
11 Schofield, Peter ? ? 2 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
27 Stokes, Ray ? ? 0 ?
28 Turner, Brian ? ? 1 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 13

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

Hawthorn Coach: Bob McCaskill
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






26 G. Edwards 35 I. Mathers
34 J. MacDonald 13 B. Griffiths 6 G. Anderson 24 J. Marr 17 D. Morgan
FORWARD 27 R. Simmonds

HALF-BACK













9 J. Rattray 20 V. McKinnon 28 P. Charleston



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













16 L. Wilkinson 33 P. Cash 7 N. Pearson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













3 J. O'Mahoney 29 R. Gibb 14 P. O'Donohue



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













1 K. Curran (c) 31 L. Crane 22 N. Black



BACK



Richmond Coach: Jack Dyer