1954 VFL Season Round 10: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 26 June 1954 between Richmond and Geelong during round ten of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Geelong at Punt Road Oval. Des Rowe captained the hosts. Bernie Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alby Pannam and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Richmond (18.12.120) defeated Geelong (13.17.95).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Richmond v Geelong
Date: Saturday 26 June 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 30,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Geelong
Score: 18.12.120 - 13.17.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 5 . 7 7 . 7 15 . 8 18 . 12 18 . 12 (120)
Geelong 3 . 2 7 . 10 9 . 12 13 . 17 13 . 17 (95)
Margin RICH by 17 GEEL by 3 RICH by 32 RICH by 25 RICH by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Alby Pannam

Geelong

Captain: Bernie Smith
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Robinson

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Betson, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
12 Bradley, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 3 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 0 ?
11 Deane, Jim ? ? 3 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
26 Hall, Reg ? ? 1 ?
4 Hart, Don ? ? 0 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 5 ?
30 Ritchie, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 1 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
20 Walton, Jim ? ? 1 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 2 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 18 12

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
13 Baumgartner, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 1 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 4 ?
36 Hawking, Howard ? ? 0 ?
24 Herbert, Harry ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
16 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
7 McMaster, Bill ? ? 3 ?
2 Middlemiss, Russell ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
3 Palmer, Doug ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 0 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 1 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 1 ?
11 Smith, Bernie (c) ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 2 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 17

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