1961 VFL Season Round 18: Richmond v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 26 August 1961 between Richmond and Hawthorn during round eighteen of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Hawthorn at Punt Road Oval. Ron Branton captained the hosts. Graham Arthur captained the visitors with John Peck as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Des Rowe and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Richmond (8.8.56) were defeated by Hawthorn (11.15.81).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Richmond v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 26 August 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 15,177

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Hawthorn
Score: 8.8.56 - 11.15.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 0 . 3 1 . 5 5 . 6 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Hawthorn 3 . 3 7 . 7 10 . 10 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Margin HWTH by 18 HWTH by 38 HWTH by 34 HWTH by 25 HWTH by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Ron Branton
Coach: Des Rowe

Hawthorn

Captain: Graham Arthur
Vice-Captain: John Peck
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 0 ?
50 Beaven, Bob ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Burrows, Dick ? ? 0 ?
14 Callander, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
30 Cameron, Barry ? ? 4 ?
10 Gahan, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
19 Grimmond, Dick ? ? 0 ?
22 Johnson, Ron ? ? 2 ?
28 Langridge, Ted ? ? 1 ?
18 Loughran, Peter ? ? 0 ?
32 Moloney, Basil ? ? 0 ?
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 0 ?
48 Richmond, John ? ? 0 ?
46 Robertson, John ? ? 0 ?
31 Rowe, Larry ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
37 Thompson, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Williamson, Gary ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 8

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Arthur, Graham (c) RR ? 1 ?
4 Browne, Morton HFFR ? 0 ?
6 Cabble, Ron SUB↑ ? 0 ?
32 Connell, Kevin FPL ? 5 ?
10 Cooper, Graham BPR ? 0 ?
9 Edwards, Brendan C ? 0 ?
5 Fisher, John WR ? 0 ?
20 Hay, Sted HBFL ? 0 ?
11 Hill, Malcolm FPR ? 0 ?
49 Joyce, Alan HFFL ? 1 ?
1 Kaine, Les FB ? 0 ?
7 Law, Ian RO↓ ? 0 ?
28 McArthur, John CHB ? 0 ?
26 McPherson, Cam HBFR ? 0 ?
33 Parkin, David SUB↑ ? 0 ?
23 Peck, John (vc) FF ? 3 ?
29 Poole, Reg BPL ? 0 ?
12 Winneke, John RU ? 0 ?
31 Young, Garry CHF↓ ? 1 ?
30 Youren, Colin WL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 15

R. Cabble replaced I. Law during the fourth quarter.
D. Parkin replaced G. Young during the fourth quarter.

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

Player Line-Up

Richmond Coach: Des Rowe
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
29 R. Poole 1 L. Kaine 10 G. Cooper













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



20 S. Hay 28 J. McArthur 26 C. McPherson













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



30 C. Youren 9 B. Edwards 5 J. Fisher









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 12 J. Winneke 6 R. Cabble
HALF-FORWARD 2 G. Arthur (c) 33 D. Parkin
49 A. Joyce 31 G. Young 4 M. Browne 7 I. Law











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



32 K. Connell 23 J. Peck (vc) 11 M. Hill













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy