1954 VFL Season Round 5: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 15 May 1954 between Melbourne and Richmond during round five of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Geoff Collins captained the hosts. Des Rowe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Alby Pannam.

Melbourne (14.13.97) defeated Richmond (10.7.67).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 15 May 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 24,247

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 14.13.97 - 10.7.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 6 . 3 8 . 5 11 . 9 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Richmond 3 . 2 6 . 4 9 . 5 10 . 7 10 . 7 (67)
Margin MELB by 19 MELB by 13 MELB by 16 MELB by 30 MELB by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Geoff Collins
Coach: Norm Smith

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Alby Pannam

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 3 ?
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 1 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Bull, Tony ? ? 1 ?
19 Carroll, Keith ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 5 ?
8 Collins, Geoff (c) ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 1 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 1 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 1 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 13

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
34 Audas, Pat ? ? 0 ?
5 Betson, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
9 Boland, Brian ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 3 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 0 ?
11 Deane, Jim ? ? 1 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
10 Green, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Morcom, Stan ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 1 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
6 Sharp, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
16 Slater, Frank ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
20 Walton, Jim ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 2 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 7

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