1951 VFL Season Round 18: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 1 September 1951 between Richmond and Melbourne during round eighteen of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Bill Morris captained the hosts. Denis Cordner captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Allan La Fontaine.

Richmond (18.16.124) defeated Melbourne (14.11.95).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 1 September 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Melbourne
Score: 18.16.124 - 14.11.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 7 7 . 10 10 . 14 18 . 16 18 . 16 (124)
Melbourne 3 . 1 7 . 1 11 . 5 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Margin RICH by 6 RICH by 9 RICH by 3 RICH by 29 RICH by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Bill Morris
Coach: Jack Dyer

Melbourne

Captain: Denis Cordner
Coach: Allan La Fontaine

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Blumfield

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Austen, Col ? ? 0 ?
9 Boland, Brian ? ? 1 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 1 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
21 Fraser, Don ? ? 0 ?
10 Gleeson, Bob ? ? 1 ?
22 Horwood, Ray ? ? 2 ?
5 Morris, Bill (c) ? ? 1 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 2 ?
6 Reiffel, Ron ? ? 0 ?
35 Ritchie, John ? ? 0 ?
33 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des ? ? 0 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
11 Schofield, Peter ? ? 7 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
27 Stokes, Ray ? ? 1 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 18 16

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 6 ?
3 Collins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis (c) ? ? 2 ?
9 Daly, Alan ? ? 1 ?
8 Heywood, Doug ? ? 1 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnston, Bob ? ? 0 ?
15 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
20 McLean, Tom ? ? 1 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
25 McMahon, Ron ? ? 1 ?
23 O'Keeffe, George ? ? 1 ?
36 Robinson, Keith ? ? 0 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 11

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