1954 VFL Season Round 9: Fitzroy v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 12 June 1954 between Fitzroy and Richmond during round nine of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Richmond at Brunswick Street Oval. Allan Ruthven captained the hosts. Des Rowe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Ruthven and the visitors were coached by Alby Pannam.

Fitzroy (6.17.53) were defeated by Richmond (11.13.79).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Fitzroy v Richmond
Date: Saturday 12 June 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 19,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Richmond
Score: 6.17.53 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 2 3 . 6 3 . 11 6 . 17 6 . 17 (53)
Richmond 5 . 3 6 . 5 8 . 11 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin RICH by 13 RICH by 17 RICH by 30 RICH by 26 RICH by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Allan Ruthven

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Alby Pannam

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 1 ?
36 Barrett, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Bench, Arnie ? ? 0 ?
6 Broderick, Neville ? ? 0 ?
28 Darrigan, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
11 Davey, Colin ? ? 0 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack ? ? 1 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
14 MacGregor, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 Meehan, Tom ? ? 0 ?
21 Morgan, Ron ? ? 1 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 0 ?
32 Roberts, Bob ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan (c) ? ? 1 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Vernon, Rod ? ? 1 ?
12 Webb, Keith ? ? 1 ?
10 Williams, Vin ? ? 0 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 17

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Betson, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
12 Bradley, Kevin ? ? 2 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 0 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
11 Deane, Jim ? ? 3 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
18 Hafey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
26 Hall, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 1 ?
30 Ritchie, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 2 ?
24 Sawatzky, Herb ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
20 Walton, Jim ? ? 1 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 13

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