1956 VFL Round 11: Richmond v Fitzroy
This is the match report for the match played on 30 June 1956 between Richmond and Fitzroy during round 11 of the 1956 VFL season.
Richmond hosted Fitzroy at Punt Road Oval.
Des Rowe captained the hosts.
Bill Stephen captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Max Oppy and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.
Richmond
D. Rowe (capt.), R. Branton, A. Cations, A. Cooke, B. Davie, M. Davis, B. Dummett, F. Dunin, T. Hafey, R. McDonald, R. McGaw, S. Morcom, P. Morris, V. Naismith, R. Poulter, H. Rowe, F. Ryan, C. Saddington, L. Sharp, T. Simpson
Fitzroy
B. Stephen (capt.), O. Abrahams, I. Aston, G. Campbell, R. Carr, W. Clark, M. Cunningham, K. Darrigan, C. Davey, A. Gale, M. Galpin, G. Gotch, B. Henderson, N. Johnstone, G. Knight, J. MacGregor, G. MacKenzie, K. Murray, L. Smyth, K. Webb
Richmond (15.12.102) defeated Fitzroy (12.14.86).
Goalkickers
Richmond: R. Poulter (6), B. Dummett (3), P. Morris (3), R. McDonald (2), R. Branton
Fitzroy: O. Abrahams (5), W. Clark (2), M. Cunningham (2), I. Aston, G. Gotch, G. Knight
As a result of this match, Richmond remained 10th on the ladder and Fitzroy were then 7th on the ladder (up from 8th) by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1956 VFL Season
Round:
Round 11
Teams:
Richmond
v
Fitzroy
Date:
Saturday 30 June 1956
Time:
2:15 PM
Venue:
Punt Road Oval
Attendance:
12,000
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond | 4 | . | 3 | 5 | . | 5 | 11 | . | 9 | 15 | . | 12 | 15 | . | 12 | (102) |
| Fitzroy | 1 | . | 6 | 7 | . | 11 | 7 | . | 11 | 12 | . | 14 | 12 | . | 14 | (86) |
| Margin | RICH by 15 | FITZ by 18 | RICH by 22 | RICH by 16 | RICH by 16 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Max Oppy
(Richmond),
Bill Stephen
(Fitzroy)
Captains:
Des Rowe
(Richmond),
Bill Stephen
(Fitzroy)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
B. Barbour
Player Statistics
Richmond
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Branton, Ron | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 33 | Cations, Allan | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 7 | Cooke, Allan | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 35 | Davie, Brian | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 37 | Davis, Martin | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 17 | Dummett, Bob | ? | ? | 3 | ? |
| 23 | Dunin, Frank | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 18 | Hafey, Tom | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 14 | McDonald, Ron | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 16 | McGaw, Ray | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 22 | Morcom, Stan | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 38 | Morris, Peter | ? | ? | 3 | ? |
| 10 | Naismith, Vic | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 24 | Poulter, Ray | ? | ? | 6 | ? |
| 15 | Rowe, Des (c) | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 3 | Rowe, Havel | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 8 | Ryan, Frank | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 26 | Saddington, Col | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 6 | Sharp, Laurie | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 11 | Simpson, Tom | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 15 | 12 | |||
Fitzroy
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Abrahams, Owen | ? | ? | 5 | ? |
| 6 | Aston, Ian | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 20 | Campbell, Graham | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 4 | Carr, Reg | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 7 | Clark, Wally | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 34 | Cunningham, Matt | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 28 | Darrigan, Kevin | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 11 | Davey, Colin | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 33 | Gale, Alan | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 31 | Galpin, Max | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 35 | Gotch, Graham | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 23 | Henderson, Bob | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 17 | Johnstone, Norm | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 27 | Knight, Graham | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 14 | MacGregor, Jack | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 29 | MacKenzie, Graeme | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 2 | Murray, Kevin | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 21 | Smyth, Leo | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 8 | Stephen, Bill (c) | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 12 | Webb, Keith | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 12 | 14 | |||