1955 VFL Season Round 13: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 16 July 1955 between Richmond and Footscray during round thirteen of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at Punt Road Oval. Jim Deane captained the hosts. Charlie Sutton captained the visitors with Wally Donald as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Alby Pannam and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Richmond (8.9.57) defeated Footscray (6.12.48).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 16 July 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 17,500

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Footscray
Score: 8.9.57 - 6.12.48

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 1 . 2 4 . 5 6 . 7 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Footscray 1 . 5 1 . 6 4 . 10 6 . 12 6 . 12 (48)
Margin FOOT by 3 RICH by 17 RICH by 9 RICH by 9 RICH by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Jim Deane
Coach: Alby Pannam

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Vice-Captain: Wally Donald
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nash

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Betson, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 1 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 1 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 0 ?
11 Deane, Jim (c) ? ? 1 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 5 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 0 ?
18 Hafey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
26 Hall, Reg ? ? 0 ?
39 Jenkins, John ? ? 0 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 0 ?
12 McGown, Ken ? ? 0 ?
38 Morris, Peter ? ? 0 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
30 Ritchie, John ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
20 Walton, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 9

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 1 ?
8 Clough, Alan ? ? 0 ?
23 Collins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 1 ?
22 Donald, Wally (vc) ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 1 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 0 ?
26 Nuttall, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 1 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
16 Smith, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 1 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 0 ?
35 Trusler, Alan ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 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