1956 VFL Season Round 4: Geelong v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 5 May 1956 between Geelong and Richmond during round four of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Richmond at Kardinia Park. Bob Davis captained the hosts. Des Rowe captained the visitors with Roy Wright as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Max Oppy.

Geelong (15.13.103) defeated Richmond (10.11.71).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Geelong v Richmond
Date: Saturday 5 May 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 21,840

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Richmond
Score: 15.13.103 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 5 5 . 6 12 . 11 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Richmond 2 . 1 4 . 5 7 . 8 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin GEEL by 10 GEEL by 7 GEEL by 33 GEEL by 32 GEEL by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bob Davis
Coach: Reg Hickey

Richmond

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Robinson

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Bartle, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 1 ?
16 Cameron, Ken ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob (c) ? ? 1 ?
18 Ferrari, Bruce ? ? 2 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 Goldsmith, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
20 O'Connell, John ? ? 1 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 2 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 4 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 1 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 1 ?
19 Umbers, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
37 Wiltshire, Bob ? ? 1 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 13

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 3 ?
5 Carrick, Bill ? ? 1 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
34 Claxton, John ? ? 1 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 3 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 0 ?
25 Flannagan, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
18 Hafey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 1 ?
22 Morcom, Stan ? ? 0 ?
38 Morris, Peter ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
6 Sharp, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
20 Ward, Ken ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy (vc) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 11

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