1955 VFL Season Round 5: Richmond v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 14 May 1955 between Richmond and Fitzroy during round five of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Fitzroy at Punt Road Oval. Des Rowe captained the hosts. Bill Stephen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alby Pannam and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Richmond (11.11.77) were defeated by Fitzroy (15.9.99).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Richmond v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 14 May 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Fitzroy
Score: 11.11.77 - 15.9.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 2 8 . 4 9 . 7 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Fitzroy 7 . 1 10 . 4 12 . 6 15 . 9 15 . 9 (99)
Margin FITZ by 23 FITZ by 12 FITZ by 17 FITZ by 22 FITZ by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Alby Pannam

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Stephen
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Betson, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 1 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
34 Claxton, John ? ? 1 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 1 ?
36 Cox, Lance ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 0 ?
11 Deane, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 1 ?
27 Gorwell, John ? ? 0 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 4 ?
12 McGown, Ken ? ? 0 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 1 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
16 Slater, Frank ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 11

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Bench, Arnie ? ? 0 ?
25 Carr, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Chapman, James ? ? 0 ?
11 Davey, Colin ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack ? ? 1 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 2 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 3 ?
27 Knight, Graham ? ? 2 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 4 ?
21 Smyth, Leo ? ? 0 ?
8 Stephen, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
34 Trickey, Ern ? ? 1 ?
9 Vernon, Rod ? ? 1 ?
12 Webb, Keith ? ? 1 ?
10 Williams, Vin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 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