1959 VFL Season Round 18: Richmond v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 29 August 1959 between Richmond and Hawthorn during round eighteen of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Hawthorn at Punt Road Oval. Ron Branton captained the hosts. John Kennedy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alan McDonald and the visitors were coached by Jack Hale.

Richmond (10.13.73) were defeated by Hawthorn (17.14.116).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Richmond v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 29 August 1959
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Hawthorn
Score: 10.13.73 - 17.14.116

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 4 7 . 5 10 . 8 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Hawthorn 4 . 1 12 . 6 15 . 9 17 . 14 17 . 14 (116)
Margin HWTH by 3 HWTH by 31 HWTH by 31 HWTH by 43 HWTH by 43
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Ron Branton
Coach: Alan McDonald

Hawthorn

Captain: John Kennedy
Coach: Jack Hale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
32 Allsopp, Ray ? ? 2 ?
38 Anderson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron (c) ? ? 1 ?
30 Cameron, Barry ? ? 0 ?
41 Clarke, Doug ? ? 0 ?
4 Cuzens, Dave ? ? 0 ?
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 1 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 1 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 Edwards, Bill ? ? 1 ?
10 Gahan, Graeme ? ? 1 ?
19 Grimmond, Dick ? ? 0 ?
16 Jacobs, Graham ? ? 0 ?
28 Langridge, Ted ? ? 0 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 1 ?
13 Morris, Peter ? ? 1 ?
42 O'Toole, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 1 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 13

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Arthur, Graham RO ? 3 ?
9 Edwards, Brendan C ? 1 ?
54 Hay, Sted HBFL ? 0 ?
12 Hughes, Alf FB ? 0 ?
1 Kaine, Les CHB ? 0 ?
10 Kennedy, John (c) BPR ? 1 ?
45 McPherson, Cam SUB↑ ? 0 ?
14 McVilly, Ray BPL ? 0 ?
33 Nalder, Ron HBFR↓ ? 0 ?
16 Nisbet, Bob CHF↓ ? 0 ?
3 O'Mahoney, John HFFL ? 2 ?
23 Peck, John FPR ? 1 ?
27 Simmonds, Roy HFFR ? 0 ?
13 Sullivan, Paul SUB↑ ? 0 ?
17 Voigt, Noel RR ? 0 ?
18 Wilson, Geoff FPL ? 0 ?
24 Woodley, Allan RU ? 1 ?
21 Yeoman, Ray WR ? 0 ?
31 Young, Garry FF ? 7 ?
30 Youren, Colin WL ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 14

C. McPherson replaced R. Nalder during the fourth quarter.
P. Sullivan replaced B. Nisbet during the fourth quarter.

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

Richmond Coach: Alan McDonald
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
14 R. McVilly 12 A. Hughes 10 J. Kennedy (c)













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



54 S. Hay 1 L. Kaine 33 R. Nalder













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



30 C. Youren 9 B. Edwards 21 R. Yeoman









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 24 A. Woodley 45 C. McPherson
HALF-FORWARD 17 N. Voigt 13 P. Sullivan
3 J. O'Mahoney 16 B. Nisbet 27 R. Simmonds 2 G. Arthur











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



18 G. Wilson 31 G. Young 23 J. Peck













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Jack Hale