1961 VFL Season Round 15: Richmond v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 5 August 1961 between Richmond and Fitzroy during round fifteen of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Fitzroy at Punt Road Oval. Ron Branton captained the hosts. Alan Gale captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Des Rowe and the visitors were coached by Len Smith.

Richmond (9.9.63) were defeated by Fitzroy (9.14.68).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Richmond v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 5 August 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 15,547

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Fitzroy
Score: 9.9.63 - 9.14.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 1 6 . 2 7 . 5 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Fitzroy 0 . 4 3 . 6 7 . 10 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Margin RICH by 9 RICH by 14 FITZ by 5 FITZ by 5 FITZ by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Ron Branton
Coach: Des Rowe

Fitzroy

Captain: Alan Gale
Coach: Len Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Brewer

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
50 Beaven, Bob ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron (c) ? ? 0 ?
14 Callander, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
30 Cameron, Barry ? ? 2 ?
4 Cuzens, Dave ? ? 0 ?
10 Gahan, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
19 Grimmond, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
22 Johnson, Ron ? ? 4 ?
8 Lockhart, Bob ? ? 0 ?
32 Moloney, Basil ? ? 0 ?
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 0 ?
46 Robertson, John ? ? 0 ?
31 Rowe, Larry ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
38 Serich, Ron ? ? 2 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
15 Swift, Fred ? ? 0 ?
37 Thompson, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Williamson, Gary ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 9

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 1 ?
31 Barclay, Brian ? ? 0 ?
37 Bromage, Keith ? ? 4 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 1 ?
21 Carmody, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Clark, Wally ? ? 0 ?
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 ?
18 Duncan, Stewart ? ? 1 ?
33 Gale, Alan (c) ? ? 0 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
15 Hayes, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
8 Hughson, Les ? ? 0 ?
29 MacKenzie, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 0 ?
30 Powell, John ? ? 0 ?
27 Slocum, Ray ? ? 1 ?
9 Vernon, Rod ? ? 0 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 14

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