1956 VFL Season Round 15: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 28 July 1956 between Richmond and Geelong during round fifteen of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Geelong at Punt Road Oval. Des Rowe captained the hosts with Roy Wright as vice-captain. Bob Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Max Oppy and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Richmond (9.11.65) were defeated by Geelong (11.13.79).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Richmond v Geelong
Date: Saturday 28 July 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Geelong
Score: 9.11.65 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 0 . 2 4 . 7 5 . 10 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Geelong 5 . 5 8 . 6 9 . 10 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin GEEL by 33 GEEL by 23 GEEL by 24 GEEL by 14 GEEL by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

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

Geelong

Captain: Bob Davis
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Flanagan

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
32 Allsopp, Ray ? ? 1 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 2 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
34 Claxton, John ? ? 1 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 0 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 Morcom, Stan ? ? 0 ?
36 Munro, Frank ? ? 0 ?
10 Naismith, Vic ? ? 1 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 2 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 1 ?
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) 9 11

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Bartle, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
29 Bullen, Roger ? ? 1 ?
4 Davis, Bob (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Ferrari, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
10 Haygarth, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
20 O'Connell, John ? ? 4 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 2 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
38 Ryan, Bernie ? ? 1 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
31 Sutcliffe, Max ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 2 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
37 Wiltshire, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 13

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