1956 VFL Season Round 11: Richmond v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 30 June 1956 between Richmond and Fitzroy during round eleven of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (15.12.102) defeated Fitzroy (12.14.86).

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

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Fitzroy
Score: 15.12.102 - 12.14.86

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

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Max Oppy

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Stephen
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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