1956 VFL Season Round 18: Richmond v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 18 August 1956 between Richmond and St Kilda during round eighteen of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted St Kilda at Punt Road Oval. Des Rowe captained the hosts with Roy Wright as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Max Oppy and the visitors were coached by Alan Killigrew.

Richmond (16.9.105) were defeated by St Kilda (16.14.110).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Richmond v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 18 August 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by St Kilda
Score: 16.9.105 - 16.14.110

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 5 7 . 7 12 . 8 16 . 9 16 . 9 (105)
St Kilda 2 . 1 7 . 4 11 . 9 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Margin RICH by 10 RICH by 3 RICH by 5 STKL by 5 STKL by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

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

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Alan Killigrew

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Woolfe

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 1 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
34 Claxton, John ? ? 1 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 4 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 0 ?
25 Flannagan, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
18 Hafey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
28 Langridge, Ted ? ? 2 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 3 ?
22 Morcom, Stan ? ? 0 ?
36 Munro, Frank ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 1 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 1 ?
6 Sharp, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
20 Ward, Ken ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy (vc) ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 9

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Annand, Bud ? ? 0 ?
5 Baumgartner, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
29 Callow, Allan ? ? 0 ?
16 Dale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
12 Davies, Harold ? ? 0 ?
6 Dodd, Paul ? ? 0 ?
24 Gleeson, Bill ? ? 2 ?
24 Gleeson, Brian ? ? 1 ?
14 Jeans, Allan ? ? 1 ?
33 McCarthy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
2 McDonald, Jack ? ? 1 ?
35 Minihan, Graham ? ? 0 ?
42 Molony, Brian ? ? 0 ?
23 Muir, Brian ? ? 2 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 4 ?
31 Murray, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
10 Roberts, Neil ? ? 0 ?
19 Stephenson, Max ? ? 0 ?
7 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 ?
15 Young, Bill ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 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