1954 VFL Season Round 16: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 14 August 1954 between Richmond and Melbourne during round sixteen of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Des Rowe captained the hosts. Geoff Collins captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alby Pannam and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Richmond (10.18.78) were defeated by Melbourne (15.4.94).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 14 August 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 24,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Melbourne
Score: 10.18.78 - 15.4.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 4 3 . 12 5 . 13 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Melbourne 4 . 1 7 . 2 12 . 4 15 . 4 15 . 4 (94)
Margin MELB by 9 MELB by 14 MELB by 33 MELB by 16 MELB by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Alby Pannam

Melbourne

Captain: Geoff Collins
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Betson, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 1 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 0 ?
11 Deane, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
26 Hall, Reg ? ? 1 ?
4 Hart, Don ? ? 0 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 2 ?
30 Ritchie, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 Sharp, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 2 ?
20 Walton, Jim ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 1 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 18

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Albiston, Ken ? ? 4 ?
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 4 ?
8 Collins, Geoff (c) ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
18 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 3 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 4

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