1962 VFL Season Round 4: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 12 May 1962 between Richmond and Geelong during round four of the 1962 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 (13.15.93) were defeated by Geelong (18.10.118).

Match Details

Season: 1962 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Richmond v Geelong
Date: Saturday 12 May 1962
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 24,366

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Geelong
Score: 13.15.93 - 18.10.118

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 1 . 3 7 . 8 10 . 10 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Geelong 7 . 0 11 . 5 15 . 9 18 . 10 18 . 10 (118)
Margin GEEL by 33 GEEL by 21 GEEL by 29 GEEL by 25 GEEL by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Ron Branton
Coach: Des Rowe

Geelong

Captain: John Yeates
Coach: Bob Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Andrew

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
13 Behan, Lance ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Cameron, Barry ? ? 0 ?
5 Crowe, Neville ? ? 1 ?
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 3 ?
10 Gahan, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
19 Grimmond, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
22 Johnson, Ron ? ? 5 ?
28 Langridge, Ted ? ? 1 ?
8 Lockhart, Bob ? ? 0 ?
18 Loughran, Peter ? ? 0 ?
32 Moloney, Basil ? ? 0 ?
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 0 ?
4 Richmond, John ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
27 Smith, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
15 Swift, Fred ? ? 0 ?
37 Thompson, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Williamson, Gary ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 15

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Brown, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Callan, Terry ? ? 0 ?
9 Devine, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Farmer, Graham ? ? 1 ?
24 Fox, John ? ? 1 ?
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 1 ?
18 Hamer, Garry ? ? 1 ?
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 1 ?
6 Lord, Stewart ? ? 0 ?
33 McGrath, George ? ? 0 ?
14 O'Donnell, Graeme ? ? 3 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
26 Pomeroy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 0 ?
38 Stephens, Darryl ? ? 1 ?
32 Sutherland, Neil ? ? 0 ?
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 6 ?
31 West, Roy ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 2 ?
40 Yeates, John (c) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 18 10

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