1955 VFL Season Round 7: Richmond v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 28 May 1955 between Richmond and St Kilda during round seven of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted St Kilda at Punt Road Oval. Des Rowe captained the hosts. Les Foote captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alby Pannam and the visitors were coached by Les Foote.

Richmond (17.20.122) defeated St Kilda (7.14.56).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Richmond v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 28 May 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 12,500

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. St Kilda
Score: 17.20.122 - 7.14.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 8 . 9 9 . 13 14 . 18 17 . 20 17 . 20 (122)
St Kilda 2 . 2 5 . 10 5 . 11 7 . 14 7 . 14 (56)
Margin RICH by 43 RICH by 27 RICH by 61 RICH by 66 RICH by 66
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Alby Pannam

St Kilda

Captain: Les Foote
Coach: Les Foote

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Frood

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
32 Allsopp, Ray ? ? 1 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 2 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 0 ?
11 Deane, Jim ? ? 1 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 0 ?
27 Gorwell, John ? ? 0 ?
18 Hafey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
26 Hall, Reg ? ? 1 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 4 ?
12 McGown, Ken ? ? 0 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 2 ?
4 Robson, John ? ? 3 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 2 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 20

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Allan, Peter ? ? 0 ?
6 Callow, Allan ? ? 0 ?
1 Foote, Les (c) ? ? 0 ?
36 Giblett, Michael ? ? 0 ?
22 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 1 ?
30 Gleeson, Brian ? ? 1 ?
3 Houston, Ray ? ? 0 ?
21 Howell, Don ? ? 1 ?
14 Jeans, Allan ? ? 0 ?
5 Lennie, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
2 McDonald, Jack ? ? 3 ?
31 McLennan, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
39 Mennie, Allan ? ? 0 ?
23 Milnes, Brian ? ? 0 ?
35 Minihan, Graham ? ? 1 ?
29 Mollar, Max ? ? 0 ?
16 Nelson, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
10 Roberts, Neil ? ? 0 ?
34 Shields, Ron ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 14

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