1954 VFL Season Round 13: Footscray v Richmond

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

Footscray (6.9.45) were defeated by Richmond (6.13.49).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 24 July 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 30,250

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Richmond
Score: 6.9.45 - 6.13.49

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 2 3 . 2 6 . 9 6 . 9 6 . 9 (45)
Richmond 0 . 2 3 . 6 4 . 9 6 . 13 6 . 13 (49)
Margin FOOT by 12 RICH by 4 FOOT by 12 RICH by 4 RICH by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

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

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Alby Pannam

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Roach

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus ? ? 0 ?
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
23 Collins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally (vc) ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 0 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
6 Gelavis, Nick ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 2 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Ron ? ? 0 ?
29 McPhee, Peter ? ? 0 ?
26 Nuttall, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Ryan, Lionel ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 1 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 2 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 9

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Betson, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 0 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
37 Cox, Graham ? ? 0 ?
25 Cox, Lance ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 0 ?
11 Deane, Jim ? ? 1 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 2 ?
26 Hall, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 2 ?
30 Ritchie, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
16 Slater, Frank ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
20 Walton, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 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