1961 VFL Season Round 6: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 1961 between Richmond and Geelong during round six of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Geelong at Punt Road Oval. Ron Branton captained the hosts. John Yeates captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Des Rowe and the visitors were coached by Bob Davis.

Richmond (9.14.68) were defeated by Geelong (16.16.112).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Richmond v Geelong
Date: Saturday 20 May 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 24,600

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Geelong
Score: 9.14.68 - 16.16.112

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 2 6 . 7 8 . 9 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Geelong 4 . 7 8 . 8 11 . 10 16 . 16 16 . 16 (112)
Margin GEEL by 5 GEEL by 13 GEEL by 19 GEEL by 44 GEEL by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Ron Branton
Coach: Des Rowe

Geelong

Captain: John Yeates
Coach: Bob Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Schwab

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Branton, Ron (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Crowe, Neville ? ? 0 ?
4 Cuzens, Dave ? ? 0 ?
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 1 ?
19 Grimmond, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 1 ?
7 Hayes, Alan ? ? 0 ?
34 Hickman, Robert ? ? 0 ?
16 Jacobs, Graham ? ? 0 ?
22 Johnson, Ron ? ? 1 ?
28 Langridge, Ted ? ? 1 ?
18 Loughran, Peter ? ? 0 ?
32 Moloney, Basil ? ? 1 ?
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 0 ?
46 Robertson, John ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
38 Serich, Ron ? ? 4 ?
15 Swift, Fred ? ? 0 ?
37 Thompson, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Williamson, Gary ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 14

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Callan, Terry ? ? 0 ?
9 Devine, John ? ? 0 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
22 Goodland, Ken ? ? 0 ?
18 Hamer, Garry ? ? 2 ?
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 2 ?
33 McGrath, George ? ? 0 ?
37 Miller, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, Eric ? ? 0 ?
16 Norman, Bob ? ? 1 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 3 ?
26 Pomeroy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
32 Sutherland, Neil ? ? 1 ?
39 Tate, Terry ? ? 0 ?
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 1 ?
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 3 ?
31 West, Roy ? ? 0 ?
40 Yeates, John (c) ? ? 3 ?
11 Zanoni, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 16

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