1953 VFL Season Round 8: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 13 June 1953 between Richmond and Footscray during round eight of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at Punt Road Oval. Des Rowe captained the hosts. Charlie Sutton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alby Pannam and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Richmond (8.11.59) were defeated by Footscray (9.14.68).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 13 June 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Footscray
Score: 8.11.59 - 9.14.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 3 5 . 4 7 . 8 8 . 11 8 . 11 (59)
Footscray 4 . 3 6 . 7 8 . 8 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Margin FOOT by 6 FOOT by 9 FOOT by 6 FOOT by 9 FOOT by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Alby Pannam

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
9 Boland, Brian ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 1 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
27 Collins, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 3 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
10 Green, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Hafey, Tom ? ? 1 ?
22 Morcom, Stan ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
25 Patterson, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 1 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
6 Vandersluys, Stan ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 11

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 1 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 1 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 1 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
21 Jones, Tom ? ? 1 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 0 ?
31 King, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Ron ? ? 0 ?
16 McRae, Frank ? ? 0 ?
35 Rogers, Allen ? ? 2 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 3 ?
20 Warren, Allen ? ? 0 ?
29 White, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 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