1956 VFL Season Round 7: St Kilda v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 26 May 1956 between St Kilda and Richmond during round seven of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Richmond at Junction Oval. Keith Drinan captained the hosts. Des Rowe captained the visitors with Roy Wright as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Alan Killigrew and the visitors were coached by Max Oppy.

St Kilda (9.10.64) defeated Richmond (6.8.44).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: St Kilda v Richmond
Date: Saturday 26 May 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 15,800

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Richmond
Score: 9.10.64 - 6.8.44

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 4 . 0 7 . 3 8 . 4 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Richmond 2 . 5 2 . 5 4 . 7 6 . 8 6 . 8 (44)
Margin STKL by 7 STKL by 28 STKL by 21 STKL by 20 STKL by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Keith Drinan
Coach: Alan Killigrew

Richmond

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Flanagan

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Annand, Bud ? ? 3 ?
5 Baumgartner, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
36 Clancy, Peter ? ? 2 ?
16 Dale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
12 Davies, Harold ? ? 0 ?
6 Dodd, Paul ? ? 1 ?
25 Drinan, Keith (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 Gleeson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
14 Jeans, Allan ? ? 0 ?
32 Jones, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
42 Molony, Brian ? ? 0 ?
23 Muir, Brian ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 0 ?
9 Mulrooney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 Murray, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
10 Roberts, Neil ? ? 0 ?
40 Thompson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
7 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 ?
15 Young, Bill ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 10

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
32 Allsopp, Ray ? ? 0 ?
31 Amery, Les ? ? 0 ?
36 Andrews, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 0 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 3 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 1 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 0 ?
40 Evely, Bill ? ? 1 ?
18 Hafey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 Morcom, Stan ? ? 0 ?
38 Morris, Peter ? ? 0 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 Sharp, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
2 Wright, Roy (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 8

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