1954 VFL Season Round 8: Richmond v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 5 June 1954 between Richmond and St Kilda during round eight of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted St Kilda at Punt Road Oval. Max Oppy captained the hosts. Les Foote captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alby Pannam and the visitors were coached by Les Foote.

Richmond (17.13.115) defeated St Kilda (10.6.66).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Richmond v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 5 June 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 17,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. St Kilda
Score: 17.13.115 - 10.6.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 3 6 . 6 13 . 9 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
St Kilda 1 . 1 7 . 4 9 . 5 10 . 6 10 . 6 (66)
Margin RICH by 20 STKL by 4 RICH by 28 RICH by 49 RICH by 49
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Max Oppy
Coach: Alby Pannam

St Kilda

Captain: Les Foote
Coach: Les Foote

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nash

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Betson, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
9 Boland, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 Bradley, Kevin ? ? 2 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 3 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 1 ?
18 Hafey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
26 Hall, Reg ? ? 0 ?
12 McGown, Ken ? ? 0 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 2 ?
30 Ritchie, John ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 1 ?
24 Sawatzky, Herb ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 2 ?
20 Walton, Jim ? ? 3 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 1 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 13

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 1 ?
19 Bland, Dave ? ? 2 ?
6 Callow, Allan ? ? 0 ?
33 Cole, Des ? ? 0 ?
12 Davies, Harold ? ? 0 ?
1 Foote, Les (c) ? ? 1 ?
11 Fountain, Ron ? ? 2 ?
3 Houston, Ray ? ? 0 ?
2 McDonald, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 McLennan, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
23 Milnes, Brian ? ? 0 ?
29 Mollar, Max ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 0 ?
9 Pearson, Ian ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
10 Roberts, Neil ? ? 2 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 1 ?
28 Smith, Ivor ? ? 0 ?
7 Squire, Alan ? ? 0 ?
35 Thornton, Col ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 6

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