1954 VFL Round 17: Hawthorn v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 21 August 1954 between Hawthorn and Richmond during round 17 of the 1954 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted Richmond at Glenferrie Oval. Ted Fletcher captained the hosts. Des Rowe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Hale and the visitors were coached by Alby Pannam.

Hawthorn
Back: A. Hughes, L. Crane, T. Fletcher (capt.)
Half-back: N. Maginness, C. Philp, M. Considine
Centre: L. Wilkinson, T. Allsop, P. O'Brien
Half-forward: J. O'Mahoney, P. Cash, G. Peck
Forward: K. Coghlan, N. Voigt, C. Thompson
Follower: J. Kennedy, A. Woodley, R. Simmonds
Sub.: P. Hughes, W. Nash

Richmond
D. Rowe (capt.), K. Betson, R. Branton, A. Cations, A. Cooke, B. Davie, J. Deane, K. Dillon, R. Hall, J. Nix, M. Oppy, R. Poulter, J. Ritchie, H. Rowe, F. Ryan, L. Sharp, G. Spring, J. Walton, B. Wilson, R. Wright

Hawthorn (10.10.70) defeated Richmond (6.11.47).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: P. Cash (2), K. Coghlan (2), C. Thompson (2), T. Allsop, G. Peck, N. Voigt, A. Woodley
Richmond: R. Poulter (4), J. Deane, D. Rowe

As a result of this match, Hawthorn remained 9th on the ladder and Richmond were then 7th on the ladder (down from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Hawthorn v Richmond
Date: Saturday 21 August 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Richmond
Score: 10.10.70 - 6.11.47

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 3 . 2 6 . 5 9 . 7 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Richmond 0 . 3 1 . 6 5 . 8 6 . 11 6 . 11 (47)
Margin HWTH by 17 HWTH by 29 HWTH by 23 HWTH by 23 HWTH by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Jack Hale (Hawthorn), Alby Pannam (Richmond)
Captains: Ted Fletcher (Hawthorn), Des Rowe (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: A. Nash

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Allsop, Tom C ? 1 ?
5 Cash, Pat CHF ? 2 ?
6 Coghlan, Kevin FPL ? 2 ?
28 Considine, Maurie HBFR ? 0 ?
14 Crane, Len FB ? 0 ?
1 Fletcher, Ted (c) BPR ? 0 ?
12 Hughes, Alf BPL ? 0 ?
11 Hughes, Peter SUB ? 0 ?
10 Kennedy, John RU ? 0 ?
35 Maginness, Norm HBFL ? 0 ?
36 Nash, Wally SUB ? 0 ?
15 O'Brien, Phil WR ? 0 ?
3 O'Mahoney, John HFFL ? 0 ?
25 Peck, Graham HFFR ? 1 ?
8 Philp, Clive CHB ? 0 ?
27 Simmonds, Roy RO ? 0 ?
20 Thompson, Clayton FPR ? 2 ?
17 Voigt, Noel FF ? 1 ?
16 Wilkinson, Lance WL ? 0 ?
24 Woodley, Allan RU ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 10

Richmond

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

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

Player Line-Up

Hawthorn Coach: Jack Hale
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






10 J. Kennedy 11 P. Hughes
20 C. Thompson 17 N. Voigt 6 K. Coghlan 24 A. Woodley 36 W. Nash
FORWARD 27 R. Simmonds

HALF-BACK













25 G. Peck 5 P. Cash 3 J. O'Mahoney



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













15 P. O'Brien 4 T. Allsop 16 L. Wilkinson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













28 M. Considine 8 C. Philp 35 N. Maginness



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













1 T. Fletcher (c) 14 L. Crane 12 A. Hughes



BACK



Richmond Coach: Alby Pannam