1956 VFL Season Round 1: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 14 April 1956 between Richmond and Melbourne during round one of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Des Rowe captained the hosts with Roy Wright as vice-captain. Noel McMahen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Max Oppy and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Richmond (8.7.55) were defeated by Melbourne (12.16.88).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 14 April 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 25,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Melbourne
Score: 8.7.55 - 12.16.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 1 4 . 4 5 . 4 8 . 7 8 . 7 (55)
Melbourne 4 . 6 6 . 8 10 . 14 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
Margin MELB by 17 MELB by 16 MELB by 40 MELB by 33 MELB by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Vice-Captain: Roy Wright
Coach: Max Oppy

Melbourne

Captain: Noel McMahen
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 0 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
34 Claxton, John ? ? 1 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 0 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 Flannagan, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
18 Hafey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
39 Jenkins, John ? ? 0 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 1 ?
12 McGown, Ken ? ? 0 ?
38 Morris, Peter ? ? 2 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 2 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 Sharp, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy (vc) ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 7

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 2 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Keith ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
18 Johnson, Bob ? ? 3 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 1 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel (c) ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 2 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 1 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 3 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 0 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 16

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