1954 VFL Season Round 2: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 1954 between Richmond and Footscray during round two of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at Punt Road Oval. Des Rowe captained the hosts. Charlie Sutton captained the visitors with Wally Donald as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Alby Pannam and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Richmond (12.19.91) defeated Footscray (9.19.73).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 24 April 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 23,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Footscray
Score: 12.19.91 - 9.19.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 7 6 . 13 10 . 16 12 . 19 12 . 19 (91)
Footscray 3 . 3 6 . 10 7 . 14 9 . 19 9 . 19 (73)
Margin RICH by 4 RICH by 3 RICH by 20 RICH by 18 RICH by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Alby Pannam

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Vice-Captain: Wally Donald
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Betson, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 2 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
11 Deane, Jim ? ? 1 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
26 Hall, Reg ? ? 0 ?
4 Hart, Don ? ? 0 ?
22 Morcom, Stan ? ? 1 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 2 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 Sharp, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
16 Slater, Frank ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
20 Walton, Jim ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 2 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 19

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 1 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally (vc) ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 1 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 3 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
26 Nuttall, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 1 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 1 ?
15 Thompson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
35 Trusler, Alan ? ? 2 ?
20 Warren, Allen ? ? 0 ?
29 White, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 19

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