1955 VFL Season Round 14: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 23 July 1955 between Richmond and Geelong during round fourteen of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Geelong at Punt Road Oval. Des Rowe captained the hosts. Bob Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alby Pannam and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Richmond (14.16.100) defeated Geelong (14.13.97).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Richmond v Geelong
Date: Saturday 23 July 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 25,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Geelong
Score: 14.16.100 - 14.13.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 3 10 . 9 10 . 12 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
Geelong 5 . 4 7 . 7 12 . 7 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Margin GEEL by 7 RICH by 20 GEEL by 7 RICH by 3 RICH by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Alby Pannam

Geelong

Captain: Bob Davis
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 0 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 0 ?
11 Deane, Jim ? ? 1 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 8 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 0 ?
18 Hafey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
26 Hall, Reg ? ? 0 ?
39 Jenkins, John ? ? 0 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 2 ?
12 McGown, Ken ? ? 0 ?
38 Morris, Peter ? ? 2 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 1 ?
30 Ritchie, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
6 Sharp, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 16

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
34 Beardsley, Ken ? ? 2 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
32 Brown, Clive ? ? 0 ?
29 Bullen, Roger ? ? 1 ?
16 Cameron, Ken ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Ferrari, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
24 Herbert, Harry ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 McMahon, John ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 1 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 5 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
31 Sutcliffe, Max ? ? 2 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 3 ?
37 Wiltshire, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 13

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