1959 VFL Season Round 3: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 9 May 1959 between Richmond and Geelong during round three of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Geelong at Punt Road Oval. Roy Wright captained the hosts. Neil Trezise captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alan McDonald and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Richmond (10.11.71) were defeated by Geelong (14.12.96).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Richmond v Geelong
Date: Saturday 9 May 1959
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 13,500

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Geelong
Score: 10.11.71 - 14.12.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 0 6 . 4 7 . 4 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Geelong 7 . 4 8 . 7 12 . 12 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Margin GEEL by 28 GEEL by 15 GEEL by 38 GEEL by 25 GEEL by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Roy Wright
Coach: Alan McDonald

Geelong

Captain: Neil Trezise
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nash

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
32 Allsopp, Ray ? ? 1 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
5 Crowe, Neville ? ? 1 ?
4 Cuzens, Dave ? ? 0 ?
38 D'Arcy, John ? ? 0 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 2 ?
10 Gahan, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
27 Gardner, Ian ? ? 0 ?
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 1 ?
21 Holt, Colin ? ? 0 ?
39 Jenkins, John ? ? 1 ?
28 Langridge, Ted ? ? 0 ?
18 Loughran, Peter ? ? 0 ?
13 Morris, Peter ? ? 1 ?
8 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
12 Richardson, Alan ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
15 Swift, Fred ? ? 2 ?
2 Wright, Roy (c) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 11

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
16 Cook, Bill ? ? 3 ?
13 Cougle, Barry ? ? 0 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 Harrison, Stan ? ? 0 ?
10 Haygarth, John ? ? 1 ?
36 Helmer, John ? ? 1 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
5 Long, Doug ? ? 3 ?
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 0 ?
8 Moran, Gavan ? ? 0 ?
27 Mundy, Fred ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, Eric ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 0 ?
37 Smith, Ron ? ? 0 ?
31 Thomas, John ? ? 1 ?
28 Trezise, Neil (c) ? ? 4 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 0 ?
40 Yeates, John ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 12

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