1957 VFL Round 2: Hawthorn v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 1957 between Hawthorn and Richmond during round 2 of the 1957 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted Richmond at Glenferrie Oval. John Kennedy captained the hosts. Des Rowe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Hale and the visitors were coached by Alan McDonald.

Hawthorn
Back: A. Hughes, D. Gent, A. Woodley
Half-back: R. Simmonds, J. Peck, L. Crane
Centre: B. Edwards, J. O'Mahoney, B. Falconer
Half-forward: G. Arthur, G. Howells, P. O'Brien
Forward: L. Kaine, T. Ingersoll, R. Yeoman
Follower: J. Kennedy (capt.), M. Young, J. Cooper
Sub.: B. Kann, N. Voigt

Richmond
D. Rowe (capt.), R. Allsopp, R. Branton, A. Cations, B. Clements, A. Cooke, N. Crowe, B. Davie, B. Dummett, F. Dunin, G. McCartney, R. McDonald, L. Mitchell, S. Morcom, P. Morris, F. Munro, C. Saddington, L. Sharp, T. Simpson, R. Wright

Hawthorn (9.22.76) defeated Richmond (8.9.57).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: M. Young (2), G. Arthur, B. Falconer, T. Ingersoll, L. Kaine, J. Kennedy, A. Woodley, R. Yeoman
Richmond: N. Crowe (2), R. Wright (2), R. Branton, B. Clements, B. Dummett, P. Morris

As a result of this match, Hawthorn were then 1st on the ladder (up from 2nd) and Richmond were then 6th on the ladder (down from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Hawthorn v Richmond
Date: Saturday 27 April 1957
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 21,000

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Richmond
Score: 9.22.76 - 8.9.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 0 . 3 3 . 10 4 . 15 9 . 22 9 . 22 (76)
Richmond 2 . 2 3 . 4 5 . 8 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Margin RICH by 11 HWTH by 6 HWTH by 1 HWTH by 19 HWTH by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Jack Hale (Hawthorn), Alan McDonald (Richmond)
Captains: John Kennedy (Hawthorn), Des Rowe (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Arthur, Graham HFFL ? 1 ?
5 Cooper, John RO↓ ? 0 ?
14 Crane, Len HBFR ? 0 ?
9 Edwards, Brendan WL ? 0 ?
36 Falconer, Brian WR ? 1 ?
26 Gent, Don FB ? 0 ?
25 Howells, Geoff CHF ? 0 ?
12 Hughes, Alf BPL ? 0 ?
20 Ingersoll, Terry FF ? 1 ?
1 Kaine, Les FPL ? 1 ?
22 Kann, Brian SUB↑ ? 0 ?
10 Kennedy, John (c) RU ? 1 ?
15 O'Brien, Phil HFFR ? 0 ?
3 O'Mahoney, John C ? 0 ?
23 Peck, John CHB ? 0 ?
27 Simmonds, Roy HBFL ? 0 ?
17 Voigt, Noel SUB ? 0 ?
24 Woodley, Allan BPR ? 1 ?
21 Yeoman, Ray FPR ? 1 ?
8 Young, Maurie RR ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 22

B. Kann replaced J. Cooper during the fourth quarter.

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
32 Allsopp, Ray ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 1 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
24 Clements, Bill ? ? 1 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
5 Crowe, Neville ? ? 2 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 0 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 1 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 0 ?
1 McCartney, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 0 ?
21 Mitchell, Len ? ? 0 ?
22 Morcom, Stan ? ? 0 ?
38 Morris, Peter ? ? 1 ?
36 Munro, Frank ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
6 Sharp, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 9

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

Player Line-Up

Hawthorn Coach: Jack Hale
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






10 J. Kennedy (c) 22 B. Kann
21 R. Yeoman 20 T. Ingersoll 1 L. Kaine 8 M. Young 17 N. Voigt
FORWARD 5 J. Cooper

HALF-BACK













15 P. O'Brien 25 G. Howells 2 G. Arthur



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













36 B. Falconer 3 J. O'Mahoney 9 B. Edwards FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













14 L. Crane 23 J. Peck 27 R. Simmonds



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













24 A. Woodley 26 D. Gent 12 A. Hughes



BACK



Richmond Coach: Alan McDonald