1956 VFL Season Round 9: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 9 June 1956 between Footscray and Richmond during round nine of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Richmond at Western Oval. Wally Donald captained the hosts with Jack Collins as vice-captain. Des Rowe captained the visitors with Roy Wright as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Max Oppy.

Footscray (12.14.86) defeated Richmond (6.8.44).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 9 June 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 24,443

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Richmond
Score: 12.14.86 - 6.8.44

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 4 5 . 6 9 . 10 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Richmond 0 . 2 2 . 5 3 . 5 6 . 8 6 . 8 (44)
Margin FOOT by 14 FOOT by 19 FOOT by 41 FOOT by 42 FOOT by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Wally Donald
Vice-Captain: Jack Collins
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Richmond

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
23 Collins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack (vc) ? ? 2 ?
8 Cross, Max ? ? 2 ?
18 Dickson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 1 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 3 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
33 Rawson, Don ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 1 ?
31 Ryan, Lionel ? ? 0 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
10 Westacott, John ? ? 0 ?
38 White, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 14

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
32 Allsopp, Ray ? ? 0 ?
31 Amery, Les ? ? 1 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 1 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 2 ?
37 Davis, Martin ? ? 1 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 0 ?
18 Hafey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 Morcom, Stan ? ? 0 ?
38 Morris, Peter ? ? 0 ?
10 Naismith, Vic ? ? 0 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
6 Sharp, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 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