1955 VFL Season Round 8: Hawthorn v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 4 June 1955 between Hawthorn and Richmond during round eight of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Richmond at Glenferrie Oval. John Kennedy captained the hosts. Des Rowe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Hale and the visitors were coached by Alby Pannam.

Hawthorn (9.8.62) defeated Richmond (8.12.60).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Hawthorn v Richmond
Date: Saturday 4 June 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 19,600

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Richmond
Score: 9.8.62 - 8.12.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 0 . 1 3 . 4 7 . 5 9 . 8 9 . 8 (62)
Richmond 2 . 5 3 . 10 5 . 12 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Margin RICH by 16 RICH by 6 HWTH by 5 HWTH by 2 HWTH by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: John Kennedy
Coach: Jack Hale

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Alby Pannam

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Robinson

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Arthur, Graham HFFL ? 1 ?
1 Boland, Brian HBFR ? 0 ?
6 Coghlan, Kevin FPR ? 1 ?
14 Crane, Len FB ? 0 ?
32 Egerton, Ian BPR ? 0 ?
26 Gent, Don SUB ? 0 ?
33 Howells, Geoff CHF ? 1 ?
12 Hughes, Alf BPL ? 0 ?
9 Jewell, Alan SUB ? 0 ?
22 Kann, Brian HBFL ? 0 ?
10 Kennedy, John (c) RU ? 0 ?
15 O'Brien, Phil WL ? 0 ?
3 O'Mahoney, John C ? 0 ?
25 Peck, Graham HFFR ? 0 ?
23 Peck, John RR ? 1 ?
8 Philp, Clive CHB ? 0 ?
27 Simmonds, Roy RO ? 1 ?
20 Thompson, Clayton FF ? 4 ?
16 Wilkinson, Lance WR ? 0 ?
24 Woodley, Allan FPL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 8

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
32 Allsopp, Ray ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 1 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 0 ?
11 Deane, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 1 ?
27 Gorwell, John ? ? 0 ?
18 Hafey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
26 Hall, Reg ? ? 0 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 0 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 5 ?
30 Ritchie, John ? ? 0 ?
4 Robson, John ? ? 1 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 12

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 (c) 26 D. Gent
6 K. Coghlan 20 C. Thompson 24 A. Woodley 23 J. Peck 9 A. Jewell
FORWARD 27 R. Simmonds

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25 G. Peck 33 G. Howells 2 G. Arthur



HALF-FORWARD



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16 L. Wilkinson 3 J. O'Mahoney 15 P. O'Brien FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



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1 B. Boland 8 C. Philp 22 B. Kann



HALF-BACK



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32 I. Egerton 14 L. Crane 12 A. Hughes



BACK



Richmond Coach: Alby Pannam