1955 VFL Season Round 2: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 23 April 1955 between Footscray and Richmond during round two of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Richmond at Western Oval. In the absence of Charlie Sutton, vice-captain Wally Donald captained the hosts. Des Rowe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Alby Pannam.

Footscray (16.16.112) defeated Richmond (12.9.81).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 23 April 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 33,753

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Richmond
Score: 16.16.112 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 7 . 5 11 . 9 15 . 14 16 . 16 16 . 16 (112)
Richmond 0 . 2 4 . 4 7 . 5 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Margin FOOT by 45 FOOT by 47 FOOT by 57 FOOT by 31 FOOT by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Wally Donald (acting)
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Alby Pannam

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Roach

Goal Umpires

A. Stanley

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 3 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
23 Collins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 8 ?
22 Donald, Wally (ac) ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 0 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
10 Harper, Roy ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 1 ?
33 McCarthy, Ron ? ? 0 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 2 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Ryan, Lionel ? ? 1 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 1 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 16

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Betson, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 4 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
36 Cox, Graham ? ? 1 ?
36 Cox, Lance ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 1 ?
10 Davies, Neil ? ? 1 ?
11 Deane, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
26 Hall, Reg ? ? 0 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 2 ?
22 Morcom, Stan ? ? 0 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 3 ?
30 Ritchie, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
16 Slater, Frank ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 9

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