1952 VFL Round 12: Richmond v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 12 July 1952 between Richmond and St Kilda during round 12 of the 1952 VFL season. Richmond hosted St Kilda at Punt Road Oval. Des Rowe captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Col Williamson.

Richmond
D. Rowe (capt.), P. Audas, K. Betson, A. Cations, F. Clarke, A. Cooke, G. Cox, J. Currie, K. Dillon, J. Nix, M. Oppy, J. O'Rourke, R. Poulter, J. Ritchie, H. Rowe, F. Ryan, P. Schofield, G. Spring, B. Wilson, R. Wright

St Kilda
R. Banfield, D. Bland, H. Bray, A. Greenshields, G. Hibbins, A. Hurst, M. Langdon, G. March, J. McDonald, T. Meehan, M. Mollar, B. Phillips, C. Riley, J. Ross, S. Slocomb, I. Smith, J. Smith, A. Squire, J. Toohey, B. Woinarski

Richmond (10.17.77) defeated St Kilda (6.8.44).

Goalkickers
Richmond: R. Poulter (3), G. Spring (3), P. Audas, J. Currie, H. Rowe, B. Wilson
St Kilda: J. McDonald (2), C. Riley (2), D. Bland, J. Ross

As a result of this match, Richmond were then 8th on the ladder (up from 9th) and St Kilda remained 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1952 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Richmond v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 12 July 1952
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 9,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. St Kilda
Score: 10.17.77 - 6.8.44

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 1 . 2 6 . 8 10 . 16 10 . 17 10 . 17 (77)
St Kilda 1 . 4 4 . 4 5 . 5 6 . 8 6 . 8 (44)
Margin STKL by 2 RICH by 16 RICH by 41 RICH by 33 RICH by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Jack Dyer (Richmond), Col Williamson (St Kilda)
Captains: Des Rowe (Richmond), unknown (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Trimble

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
34 Audas, Pat ? ? 1 ?
5 Betson, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
17 Clarke, Fred ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
37 Cox, Graham ? ? 0 ?
10 Currie, John ? ? 1 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
4 O'Rourke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 3 ?
35 Ritchie, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 1 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
11 Schofield, Peter ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 3 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 1 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 17

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Banfield, Ron ? ? 0 ?
19 Bland, Dave ? ? 1 ?
12 Bray, Harold ? ? 0 ?
5 Greenshields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
34 Hibbins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
26 Hurst, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
23 Langdon, Mark ? ? 0 ?
22 March, Graham ? ? 0 ?
2 McDonald, Jack ? ? 2 ?
21 Meehan, Tom ? ? 0 ?
29 Mollar, Max ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
31 Riley, Cliff ? ? 2 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 1 ?
35 Slocomb, Syd ? ? 0 ?
28 Smith, Ivor ? ? 0 ?
28 Smith, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Squire, Alan ? ? 0 ?
33 Toohey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Woinarski, Brian ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 8

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