1952 VFL Round 17: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 1952 between Richmond and Footscray during round 17 of the 1952 VFL season. 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
D. Rowe (capt.), C. Austen, A. Cations, G. Collins, A. Cooke, G. Cox, D. Fraser, R. Gibb, K. Hogan, S. Morcom, J. Nix, M. Oppy, J. O'Rourke, R. Poulter, J. Ritchie, H. Rowe, F. Ryan, G. Spring, B. Wilson, R. Wright

Footscray
A. Abbey, J. Barrett, S. Beal, D. Bryden, J. Collins, W. Donald, R. Duffy, R. Egan, J. Gallagher, R. Harper, J. King, A. Martin, F. McRae, D. Reynolds, A. Rogers, D. Ross, B. Scanlan, B. Slater, D. Wearmouth, T. Whitten

Richmond (13.11.89) defeated Footscray (5.14.44).

Goalkickers
Richmond: J. O'Rourke (4), R. Wright (4), G. Collins (2), R. Poulter (2), B. Wilson
Footscray: R. Harper (3), D. Bryden, T. Whitten

As a result of this match, Richmond remained 9th on the ladder and Footscray remained 11th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Jack Dyer (Richmond), Charlie Sutton (Footscray)
Captains: Des Rowe (Richmond), unknown (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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