1953 VFL Season Round 15: Richmond v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 8 August 1953 between Richmond and St Kilda during round fifteen of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted St Kilda at Punt Road Oval. Des Rowe captained the hosts. Keith Drinan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alby Pannam and the visitors were coached by Col Williamson.

Richmond (13.16.94) defeated St Kilda (11.14.80).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Richmond v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 8 August 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 9,500

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. St Kilda
Score: 13.16.94 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 7 5 . 7 10 . 12 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
St Kilda 2 . 2 7 . 11 8 . 13 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Margin RICH by 11 STKL by 16 RICH by 11 RICH by 14 RICH by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Alby Pannam

St Kilda

Captain: Keith Drinan
Coach: Col Williamson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
34 Audas, Pat ? ? 0 ?
5 Betson, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 2 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 2 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 2 ?
20 Fisher, Reg ? ? 0 ?
18 Hafey, Tom ? ? 1 ?
12 Hogan, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
25 Patterson, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
30 Ritchie, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 2 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 16

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 2 ?
14 Davidson, Irving ? ? 0 ?
25 Drinan, Keith (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Gleeson, Brian ? ? 2 ?
22 Hartigan, Jack ? ? 2 ?
24 Hibbins, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
21 Howell, Don ? ? 2 ?
15 Hurst, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
18 Linger, Bill ? ? 1 ?
1 Linney, Neville ? ? 0 ?
2 McDonald, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 McLennan, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
29 Mollar, Max ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
10 Roberts, Neil ? ? 1 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Squire, Alan ? ? 0 ?
23 Turner, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
8 Woinarski, Brian ? ? 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