1955 VFL Season Round 16: Fitzroy v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 6 August 1955 between Fitzroy and Richmond during round sixteen of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Richmond at Brunswick Street Oval. Bill Stephen captained the hosts. Des Rowe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Alby Pannam.

Fitzroy (6.17.53) were defeated by Richmond (11.9.75).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Fitzroy v Richmond
Date: Saturday 6 August 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Richmond
Score: 6.17.53 - 11.9.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 6 4 . 7 4 . 9 6 . 17 6 . 17 (53)
Richmond 2 . 2 6 . 6 10 . 8 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Margin FITZ by 4 RICH by 11 RICH by 35 RICH by 22 RICH by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Stephen
Coach: Bill Stephen

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Alby Pannam

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

V. Cardwell

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 0 ?
24 Bench, Arnie ? ? 0 ?
11 Davey, Colin ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 1 ?
27 Knight, Graham ? ? 2 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 1 ?
8 Stephen, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Streader, Jack ? ? 0 ?
34 Trickey, Ern ? ? 0 ?
9 Vernon, Rod ? ? 0 ?
12 Webb, Keith ? ? 0 ?
10 Williams, Vin ? ? 0 ?
29 Wilson, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 17

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bloodworth, Ray ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 1 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 0 ?
11 Deane, Jim ? ? 2 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 3 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 0 ?
18 Hafey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
39 Jenkins, John ? ? 0 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 0 ?
12 McGown, Ken ? ? 0 ?
38 Morris, Peter ? ? 1 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 1 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 2 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
6 Sharp, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 9

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