1955 VFL Round 10: Richmond v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 25 June 1955 between Richmond and Collingwood during round 10 of the 1955 VFL season. Richmond hosted Collingwood at Punt Road Oval. Des Rowe captained the hosts. Lou Richards captained the visitors with Neil Mann as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Alby Pannam and the visitors were coached by Phonse Kyne.

Richmond
D. Rowe (capt.), R. Allsopp, A. Cations, A. Cooke, B. Davie, J. Deane, F. Dunin, J. Gorwell, T. Hafey, R. Hall, R. McDonald, J. Nix, R. Poulter, J. Ritchie, J. Robson, H. Rowe, F. Ryan, F. Slater, G. Spring, R. Wright

Collingwood
L. Richards (capt.), N. Mann (vice-capt.), K. Batchelor, J. Hamilton, D. Healey, J. Hickey, B. Jones, R. Kingston, P. Lucas, T. Merrett, R. Richards, B. Rose, L. Rymer, L. Sharp, K. Smale, H. Sullivan, F. Tuck, B. Twomey, N. Waller, M. Weideman

Richmond (6.12.48) were defeated by Collingwood (14.14.98).

Goalkickers
Richmond: R. Poulter (3), B. Davie, R. Hall, R. Wright
Collingwood: K. Smale (4), M. Weideman (4), B. Jones (2), N. Mann, T. Merrett, B. Rose, F. Tuck

As a result of this match, Richmond remained 10th on the ladder and Collingwood remained 2nd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Richmond v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 25 June 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 29,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Collingwood
Score: 6.12.48 - 14.14.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 1 . 1 1 . 2 5 . 9 6 . 12 6 . 12 (48)
Collingwood 1 . 7 6 . 11 9 . 11 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Margin COLL by 6 COLL by 39 COLL by 26 COLL by 50 COLL by 50
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Alby Pannam (Richmond), Phonse Kyne (Collingwood)
Captains: Des Rowe (Richmond), Lou Richards (Collingwood)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Richmond), Neil Mann (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: A. Arvidson

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
32 Allsopp, Ray ? ? 0 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 1 ?
11 Deane, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 0 ?
27 Gorwell, John ? ? 0 ?
18 Hafey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
26 Hall, Reg ? ? 1 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 0 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 3 ?
30 Ritchie, John ? ? 0 ?
4 Robson, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
16 Slater, Frank ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 12

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Batchelor, Keith ? ? 0 ?
8 Hamilton, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Healey, Des ? ? 0 ?
19 Hickey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Jones, Bill ? ? 2 ?
9 Kingston, Ron ? ? 0 ?
3 Lucas, Peter ? ? 0 ?
2 Mann, Neil (vc) ? ? 1 ?
17 Merrett, Thorold ? ? 1 ?
1 Richards, Lou (c) ? ? 0 ?
20 Richards, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 Rose, Bob ? ? 1 ?
21 Rymer, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
29 Sharp, Lerrel ? ? 0 ?
5 Smale, Ken ? ? 4 ?
36 Sullivan, Harry ? ? 0 ?
24 Tuck, Frank ? ? 1 ?
26 Twomey, Bill ? ? 0 ?
31 Waller, Neville ? ? 0 ?
27 Weideman, Murray ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 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