1955 VFL Season Round 3: Geelong v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 30 April 1955 between Geelong and Richmond during round three of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Richmond at Kardinia Park. Bob Davis captained the hosts. Des Rowe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Alby Pannam.

Geelong (15.13.103) defeated Richmond (9.11.65).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Geelong v Richmond
Date: Saturday 30 April 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 19,565

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Richmond
Score: 15.13.103 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 3 6 . 7 9 . 12 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Richmond 0 . 1 5 . 3 7 . 6 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Margin GEEL by 32 GEEL by 10 GEEL by 18 GEEL by 38 GEEL by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bob Davis
Coach: Reg Hickey

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Alby Pannam

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
22 Baumgartner, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
34 Beardsley, Ken ? ? 0 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 2 ?
30 Bow, Glen ? ? 0 ?
16 Cameron, Ken ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob (c) ? ? 1 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 2 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
24 Herbert, Harry ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 McMahon, John ? ? 0 ?
20 O'Connell, John ? ? 2 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 0 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 5 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 1 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 2 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 13

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Betson, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 2 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
34 Claxton, John ? ? 1 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 1 ?
36 Cox, Graham ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 0 ?
11 Deane, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
27 Gorwell, John ? ? 0 ?
18 Hafey, Tom ? ? 1 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 Morcom, Stan ? ? 0 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 1 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 Sawatzky, Herb ? ? 0 ?
16 Slater, Frank ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 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