1955 VFL Season Round 9: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 13 June 1955 between Melbourne and Richmond during round nine of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Noel McMahen captained the hosts. Des Rowe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Alby Pannam.

Melbourne (13.16.94) defeated Richmond (11.12.78).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Monday 13 June 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 39,949

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 13.16.94 - 11.12.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 5 4 . 7 6 . 10 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Richmond 4 . 2 7 . 7 10 . 11 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Margin RICH by 9 RICH by 18 RICH by 25 MELB by 16 MELB by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Noel McMahen
Coach: Norm Smith

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Alby Pannam

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nash

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Bull, Tony ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Keith ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 3 ?
18 Johnson, Bob ? ? 3 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 2 ?
35 McMahen, Noel (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 2 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 2 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 16

Richmond

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