1953 VFL Season Round 5: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 23 May 1953 between Richmond and Geelong during round five of the 1953 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 Alby Pannam and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Richmond (6.16.52) were defeated by Geelong (15.16.106).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Richmond v Geelong
Date: Saturday 23 May 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Geelong
Score: 6.16.52 - 15.16.106

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 1 . 2 2 . 6 4 . 7 6 . 16 6 . 16 (52)
Geelong 6 . 7 9 . 8 15 . 15 15 . 16 15 . 16 (106)
Margin GEEL by 35 GEEL by 44 GEEL by 74 GEEL by 54 GEEL by 54
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Alby Pannam

Geelong

Captain: Fred Flanagan
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Robinson

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
34 Audas, Pat ? ? 0 ?
9 Boland, Brian ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 2 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
17 Clarke, Fred ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 0 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
36 Geard, Rex ? ? 0 ?
23 Gibb, Ray ? ? 0 ?
22 Morcom, Stan ? ? 0 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 1 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 1 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 16

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 1 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Fulton, Terry ? ? 0 ?
18 Goninon, George ? ? 11 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 2 ?
16 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
22 McMahon, John ? ? 0 ?
7 McMaster, Bill ? ? 1 ?
2 Middlemiss, Russell ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
20 Murray, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
3 Palmer, Doug ? ? 0 ?
17 Reed, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
5 Smith, Sid ? ? 0 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
25 Worner, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 16

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