1961 VFL Season Round 1: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 15 April 1961 between Richmond and Footscray during round one of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at Punt Road Oval. Ron Branton captained the hosts. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Des Rowe and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Richmond (11.8.74) were defeated by Footscray (15.12.102).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 15 April 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Footscray
Score: 11.8.74 - 15.12.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 3 4 . 5 7 . 8 11 . 8 11 . 8 (74)
Footscray 3 . 0 7 . 7 10 . 8 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Margin RICH by 3 FOOT by 20 FOOT by 18 FOOT by 28 FOOT by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Ron Branton
Coach: Des Rowe

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Leighton

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Branton, Ron (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Crowe, Neville ? ? 1 ?
4 Cuzens, Dave ? ? 0 ?
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 1 ?
13 Dummett, Bob ? ? 2 ?
19 Grimmond, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 2 ?
7 Hayes, Alan ? ? 3 ?
22 Johnson, Ron ? ? 1 ?
28 Langridge, Ted ? ? 1 ?
18 Loughran, Peter ? ? 0 ?
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 0 ?
12 Richardson, Alan ? ? 0 ?
31 Rowe, Larry ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
6 Smith, Dennis ? ? 0 ?
15 Swift, Fred ? ? 0 ?
37 Thompson, John ? ? 0 ?
2 Wilkinson, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 8

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Baxter, Ray ? ? 0 ?
19 Bradbury, John ? ? 0 ?
37 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 ?
2 Devery, Terry ? ? 0 ?
1 Elliott, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
28 Evans, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
34 Graham, Max ? ? 3 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 5 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
10 Kent, Reg ? ? 0 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
9 McDonald, Cameron ? ? 1 ?
15 Quarrell, John ? ? 2 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
31 Smith, Barry ? ? 1 ?
5 Stewart, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 3 ?
35 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 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