1961 VFL Season Round 4: Fitzroy v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 6 May 1961 between Fitzroy and Richmond during round four of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Richmond at Brunswick Street Oval. Alan Gale captained the hosts. Ron Branton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Len Smith and the visitors were coached by Des Rowe.

Fitzroy (13.17.95) were defeated by Richmond (16.12.108).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Fitzroy v Richmond
Date: Saturday 6 May 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 17,861

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Richmond
Score: 13.17.95 - 16.12.108

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 3 6 . 7 12 . 14 13 . 17 13 . 17 (95)
Richmond 4 . 3 8 . 5 10 . 5 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
Margin RICH by 12 RICH by 10 FITZ by 21 RICH by 13 RICH by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Alan Gale
Coach: Len Smith

Richmond

Captain: Ron Branton
Coach: Des Rowe

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Leighton

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 0 ?
6 Aston, Ian ? ? 1 ?
31 Barclay, Brian ? ? 0 ?
37 Bromage, Keith ? ? 0 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 2 ?
21 Carmody, John ? ? 1 ?
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan (c) ? ? 0 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 1 ?
15 Hayes, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
8 Hughson, Les ? ? 0 ?
11 Lynch, Allen ? ? 0 ?
29 MacKenzie, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 0 ?
4 Powell, Ian ? ? 0 ?
30 Powell, John ? ? 0 ?
9 Vernon, Rod ? ? 4 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 17

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Branton, Ron (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Burrows, Dick ? ? 0 ?
5 Crowe, Neville ? ? 0 ?
4 Cuzens, Dave ? ? 0 ?
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 1 ?
19 Grimmond, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 4 ?
7 Hayes, Alan ? ? 0 ?
16 Jacobs, Graham ? ? 2 ?
22 Johnson, Ron ? ? 0 ?
28 Langridge, Ted ? ? 5 ?
18 Loughran, Peter ? ? 0 ?
32 Moloney, Basil ? ? 0 ?
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 0 ?
46 Robertson, John ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
38 Serich, Ron ? ? 3 ?
15 Swift, Fred ? ? 0 ?
37 Thompson, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Williamson, Gary ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 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