1953 VFL Season Round 13: Richmond v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 25 July 1953 between Richmond and Fitzroy during round thirteen of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Fitzroy at Punt Road Oval. Des Rowe captained the hosts. Allan Ruthven captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alby Pannam and the visitors were coached by Allan Ruthven.

Richmond (13.7.85) were defeated by Fitzroy (13.12.90).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Richmond v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 25 July 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Fitzroy
Score: 13.7.85 - 13.12.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 1 9 . 2 11 . 2 13 . 7 13 . 7 (85)
Fitzroy 5 . 5 8 . 7 11 . 9 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Margin FITZ by 22 RICH by 1 FITZ by 7 FITZ by 5 FITZ by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Alby Pannam

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Allan Ruthven

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Roach

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Betson, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 1 ?
21 Brewer, Lloyd ? ? 1 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 1 ?
37 Cox, Graham ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 4 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 3 ?
20 Fisher, Reg ? ? 0 ?
18 Hafey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
12 Hogan, Kevin ? ? 2 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
25 Patterson, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 0 ?
30 Ritchie, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 7

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Bench, Arnie ? ? 0 ?
6 Broderick, Neville ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 1 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
26 Gaffney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack ? ? 1 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
20 Hickey, Joe ? ? 4 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 3 ?
14 MacGregor, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 Meehan, Tom ? ? 0 ?
21 Murphy, Joe ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 3 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan (c) ? ? 1 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Streader, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Williams, Vin ? ? 0 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 12

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