1957 VFL Season Round 4: Richmond v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 11 May 1957 between Richmond and Fitzroy during round four of the 1957 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Fitzroy at Punt Road Oval. Roy Wright captained the hosts. Bill Stephen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alan McDonald and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Richmond (16.10.106) defeated Fitzroy (10.31.91).

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Richmond v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 11 May 1957
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 16,500

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Fitzroy
Score: 16.10.106 - 10.31.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 2 10 . 7 10 . 8 16 . 10 16 . 10 (106)
Fitzroy 2 . 11 5 . 14 8 . 26 10 . 31 10 . 31 (91)
Margin RICH by 3 RICH by 23 FITZ by 6 RICH by 15 RICH by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Roy Wright
Coach: Alan McDonald

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Stephen
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Woolfe

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
32 Allsopp, Ray ? ? 5 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 3 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
5 Crowe, Neville ? ? 2 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 0 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 0 ?
28 Langridge, Ted ? ? 1 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 1 ?
21 Mitchell, Len ? ? 1 ?
38 Morris, Peter ? ? 2 ?
10 Naismith, Vic ? ? 0 ?
12 Pilcher, Brian ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
6 Sharp, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
20 Ward, Ken ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy (c) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 10

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 0 ?
6 Aston, Ian ? ? 0 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 1 ?
7 Clark, Wally ? ? 0 ?
11 Davey, Colin ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 1 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
4 Gotch, Graham ? ? 2 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 1 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 3 ?
24 Lane, Bryan ? ? 2 ?
14 MacGregor, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 0 ?
21 Smyth, Leo ? ? 0 ?
8 Stephen, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Vernon, Rod ? ? 0 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 31

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