1956 VFL Season Round 2: Richmond v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 21 April 1956 between Richmond and Hawthorn during round two of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Hawthorn at Punt Road Oval. Des Rowe captained the hosts with Roy Wright as vice-captain. John Kennedy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Max Oppy and the visitors were coached by Jack Hale.

Richmond (12.13.85) were defeated by Hawthorn (16.10.106).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Richmond v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 21 April 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Hawthorn
Score: 12.13.85 - 16.10.106

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 4 8 . 7 12 . 12 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Hawthorn 2 . 1 6 . 5 9 . 5 16 . 10 16 . 10 (106)
Margin RICH by 15 RICH by 14 RICH by 25 HWTH by 21 HWTH by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

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

Hawthorn

Captain: John Kennedy
Coach: Jack Hale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Flanagan

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 1 ?
5 Carrick, Bill ? ? 2 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
34 Claxton, John ? ? 2 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 0 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 0 ?
25 Flannagan, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
18 Hafey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 0 ?
12 McGown, Ken ? ? 0 ?
38 Morris, Peter ? ? 2 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 3 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 Sharp, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy (vc) ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 13

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Arthur, Graham HFFL ? 4 ?
6 Coghlan, Kevin RO ? 2 ?
7 Considine, Frank WL ? 0 ?
28 Considine, Maurie HBFR ? 0 ?
5 Cooper, John HFFR ? 1 ?
26 Gent, Don FB ? 0 ?
1 Kaine, Les RR ? 3 ?
22 Kann, Brian BPL ? 0 ?
10 Kennedy, John (c) RU ? 0 ?
35 Maginness, Norm SUB ? 0 ?
3 O'Mahoney, John C ? 0 ?
30 Pearson, Ian SUB ? 0 ?
23 Peck, John FF ? 1 ?
27 Simmonds, Roy HBFL ? 0 ?
20 Thompson, Clayton CHF ? 0 ?
17 Voigt, Noel CHB ? 0 ?
16 Wilkinson, Lance WR ? 1 ?
24 Woodley, Allan FPR ? 3 ?
21 Yeoman, Ray FPL ? 1 ?
8 Young, Maurie BPR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 10

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

Player Line-Up

Richmond Coach: Max Oppy
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
22 B. Kann 26 D. Gent 8 M. Young













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



27 R. Simmonds 17 N. Voigt 28 M. Considine













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 F. Considine 3 J. O'Mahoney 16 L. Wilkinson









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 10 J. Kennedy (c) 35 N. Maginness
HALF-FORWARD 1 L. Kaine 30 I. Pearson
2 G. Arthur 20 C. Thompson 5 J. Cooper 6 K. Coghlan











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



21 R. Yeoman 23 J. Peck 24 A. Woodley













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Jack Hale