1953 VFL Season Round 16: Geelong v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 15 August 1953 between Geelong and Richmond during round sixteen of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Richmond at Kardinia Park. Fred Flanagan captained the hosts. Des Rowe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Alby Pannam.

Geelong (14.18.102) defeated Richmond (4.9.33).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Geelong v Richmond
Date: Saturday 15 August 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Richmond
Score: 14.18.102 - 4.9.33

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 6 5 . 13 12 . 14 14 . 18 14 . 18 (102)
Richmond 2 . 0 4 . 1 4 . 7 4 . 9 4 . 9 (33)
Margin GEEL by 12 GEEL by 18 GEEL by 55 GEEL by 69 GEEL by 69
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Fred Flanagan
Coach: Reg Hickey

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Alby Pannam

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred (c) ? ? 1 ?
18 Goninon, George ? ? 4 ?
24 Herbert, Harry ? ? 1 ?
16 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
7 McMaster, Bill ? ? 1 ?
2 Middlemiss, Russell ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
3 Palmer, Doug ? ? 3 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 1 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 1 ?
17 Reed, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 1 ?
15 Roberts, Jim ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
31 Worland, Don ? ? 0 ?
25 Worner, Bert ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 18

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
34 Audas, Pat ? ? 0 ?
5 Betson, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 0 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 1 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 0 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 0 ?
18 Hafey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
12 Hogan, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
22 Morcom, Stan ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
25 Patterson, Jeff ? ? 1 ?
30 Ritchie, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 1 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 4 9

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