1953 VFL Season Round 2: Fitzroy v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 2 May 1953 between Fitzroy and Richmond during round two of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Richmond at Brunswick Street Oval. Allan Ruthven captained the hosts. Des Rowe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Ruthven and the visitors were coached by Alby Pannam.

Fitzroy (12.9.81) defeated Richmond (11.14.80).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Fitzroy v Richmond
Date: Saturday 2 May 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 21,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Richmond
Score: 12.9.81 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 6 . 2 8 . 4 11 . 6 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Richmond 3 . 2 6 . 8 9 . 12 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Margin FITZ by 18 FITZ by 8 FITZ by 6 FITZ by 1 FITZ by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Allan Ruthven

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Alby Pannam

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Roach

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, Fred ? ? 0 ?
24 Bench, Arnie ? ? 0 ?
6 Broderick, Neville ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Noel ? ? 1 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Davey, Colin ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
26 Gaffney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
20 Hickey, Joe ? ? 6 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
14 MacGregor, Jack ? ? 1 ?
3 Magee, Tom ? ? 1 ?
21 Murphy, Joe ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan (c) ? ? 1 ?
5 Simpson, Ron ? ? 0 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Streader, Jack ? ? 2 ?
10 Williams, Vin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 9

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
34 Audas, Pat ? ? 0 ?
5 Betson, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 2 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
17 Clarke, Fred ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 1 ?
37 Cox, Graham ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 3 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
23 Ednie, Ray ? ? 0 ?
10 Green, Bill ? ? 0 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 1 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 3 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 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