1960 VFL Season Round 5: Richmond v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 21 May 1960 between Richmond and South Melbourne during round five of the 1960 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted South Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Ron Branton captained the hosts. Ron Clegg captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alan McDonald and the visitors were coached by Bill Faul.

Richmond (7.5.47) defeated South Melbourne (4.7.31).

Match Details

Season: 1960 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Richmond v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 21 May 1960
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 12,500

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. South Melbourne
Score: 7.5.47 - 4.7.31

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Richmond	3	.	1	4	.	1	7	.	4	7	.	5	7	.	5	(47)
South Melbourne	1	.	0	4	.	5	4	.	6	4	.	7	4	.	7	(31)
Margin	RICH by 13			SMLB by 4			RICH by 16			RICH by 16			RICH by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Ron Branton
Coach: Alan McDonald

South Melbourne

Captain: Ron Clegg
Coach: Bill Faul

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hodgson

Player Statistics

Richmond

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
29	Branton, Ron (c)	?	?	0	?
30	Cameron, Barry	?	?	0	?
4	Cuzens, Dave	?	?	0	?
10	Gahan, Graeme	?	?	0	?
19	Grimmond, Dick	?	?	0	?
1	Guinane, Paddy	?	?	0	?
7	Hayes, Alan	?	?	1	?
16	Jacobs, Graham	?	?	1	?
28	Langridge, Ted	?	?	1	?
41	Morrison, Brian	?	?	0	?
22	Mundy, Fred	?	?	1	?
6	O'Toole, Laurie	?	?	2	?
25	Patterson, Mike	?	?	1	?
8	Ricci, Renato	?	?	0	?
12	Richardson, Alan	?	?	0	?
11	Simpson, Tom	?	?	0	?
42	Smith, Dennis	?	?	0	?
15	Swift, Fred	?	?	0	?
37	Thompson, John	?	?	0	?
2	Wilkinson, Graeme	?	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total (20 players)				7	5

South Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
2	Appleyard, Percy	?	?	1	?
15	Bennett, Brian	?	?	0	?
32	Boyd, Ken	?	?	0	?
34	Burke, Dick	?	?	1	?
17	Chisholm, Brian	?	?	0	?
23	Clegg, Ron (c)	?	?	0	?
38	Dunn, Albie	?	?	0	?
11	Hepner, Fred	?	?	0	?
21	Heriot, John	?	?	0	?
22	Hogan, Kevin	?	?	0	?
8	Johnson, Frank	?	?	0	?
23	Kelton, John	?	?	0	?
4	Kiteley, Jeff	?	?	0	?
36	McCormack, Ken	?	?	0	?
3	McGowan, Brian	?	?	0	?
43	McKenzie, Norm	?	?	0	?
25	McLaughlin, Hugh	?	?	0	?
19	Oaten, Max	?	?	2	?
40	Porta, Ron	?	?	0	?
42	Rice, Peter	?	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total (20 players)				4	7

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

Score Timeline

Quarter	Scoring Event	Score			Time
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		4.1.25	-	4.5.29	??:??
Q3		?.?.?	-	4.?.?	??:??
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		7.4.46	-	4.6.30	??:??
Q4	unknown behind	7.?.?	-	4.?.?	??:??
Q4	unknown behind	7.5.47	-	4.7.31	??:??

Links

1960 VFL Season

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