1952 VFL Season Round 6: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 31 May 1952 between Richmond and Geelong during round six of the 1952 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Geelong at Punt Road Oval. Des Rowe captained the hosts. Fred Flanagan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Richmond (8.7.55) were defeated by Geelong (11.13.79).

Match Details

Season: 1952 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Richmond v Geelong
Date: Saturday 31 May 1952
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 25,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Geelong
Score: 8.7.55 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 2 3 . 2 6 . 7 8 . 7 8 . 7 (55)
Geelong 2 . 2 6 . 6 6 . 7 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin RICH by 6 GEEL by 22 level GEEL by 24 GEEL by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Jack Dyer

Geelong

Captain: Fred Flanagan
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Allen, Tom ? ? 0 ?
16 Austen, Col ? ? 0 ?
9 Boland, Brian ? ? 0 ?
27 Brennan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 1 ?
17 Clarke, Fred ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
29 Flintoff, Les ? ? 0 ?
21 Fraser, Don ? ? 0 ?
36 Geard, Rex ? ? 0 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
4 O'Rourke, Jack ? ? 1 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 2 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 1 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
28 Turner, Brian ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 2 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 7

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 3 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred (c) ? ? 2 ?
18 Goninon, George ? ? 1 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
16 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
7 McMaster, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Middlemiss, Russell ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 0 ?
3 Palmer, Doug ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 2 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 1 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
23 Swarbrick, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 2 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
14 West, Peter ? ? 0 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 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