1959 VFL Season Round 9: Richmond v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 27 June 1959 between Richmond and Fitzroy during round nine of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Fitzroy at Punt Road Oval. Ron Branton captained the hosts. Alan Gale captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alan McDonald and the visitors were coached by Len Smith.

Richmond (13.8.86) defeated Fitzroy (10.21.81).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Richmond v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 27 June 1959
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Fitzroy
Score: 13.8.86 - 10.21.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 5 . 0 10 . 2 10 . 4 13 . 8 13 . 8 (86)
Fitzroy 5 . 7 5 . 11 10 . 18 10 . 21 10 . 21 (81)
Margin FITZ by 7 RICH by 21 FITZ by 14 RICH by 5 RICH by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Ron Branton
Coach: Alan McDonald

Fitzroy

Captain: Alan Gale
Coach: Len Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Branton, Ron (c) ? ? 1 ?
30 Cameron, Barry ? ? 0 ?
4 Cuzens, Dave ? ? 0 ?
38 D'Arcy, John ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 0 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 4 ?
10 Gahan, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
19 Grimmond, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
46 Hayes, Alan ? ? 1 ?
21 Holt, Colin ? ? 0 ?
39 Jenkins, John ? ? 0 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 3 ?
13 Morris, Peter ? ? 1 ?
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 2 ?
34 Rees, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
3 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
40 Wilson, John ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 8

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 2 ?
6 Aston, Ian ? ? 0 ?
37 Bromage, Keith ? ? 1 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 4 ?
7 Clark, Wally ? ? 1 ?
21 Cunningham, Matt ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan (c) ? ? 0 ?
4 Gotch, Graham ? ? 0 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
15 Hill, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Knight, Graham ? ? 1 ?
11 Lynch, Allen ? ? 0 ?
29 MacKenzie, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 1 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
27 Slocum, Ray ? ? 0 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 21

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