1952 VFL Season Round 17: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 1952 between Richmond and Footscray during round seventeen of the 1952 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at Punt Road Oval. Des Rowe captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Richmond (13.11.89) defeated Footscray (5.14.44).

Match Details

Season: 1952 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 16 August 1952
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 11,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Footscray
Score: 13.11.89 - 5.14.44

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 3 6 . 5 7 . 9 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Footscray 3 . 4 3 . 10 4 . 13 5 . 14 5 . 14 (44)
Margin FOOT by 7 RICH by 13 RICH by 14 RICH by 45 RICH by 45
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Jack Dyer

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Austen, Col ? ? 0 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
27 Collins, Gerry ? ? 2 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
37 Cox, Graham ? ? 0 ?
21 Fraser, Don ? ? 0 ?
29 Gibb, Ray ? ? 0 ?
12 Hogan, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
22 Morcom, Stan ? ? 0 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
4 O'Rourke, Jack ? ? 4 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 2 ?
35 Ritchie, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 1 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 11

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus ? ? 0 ?
14 Barrett, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Beal, Stan ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 1 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 0 ?
8 Egan, Reg ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Harper, Roy ? ? 3 ?
31 King, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
16 McRae, Frank ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
35 Rogers, Allen ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
26 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
4 Slater, Bob ? ? 0 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 14

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