1964 VFL Season Round 1: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 18 April 1964 between Footscray and Richmond during round one of the 1964 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Richmond at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Neville Crowe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Dick Harris.

Footscray (8.16.64) defeated Richmond (5.4.34).

Match Details

Season: 1964 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 18 April 1964
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 23,965

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Richmond
Score: 8.16.64 - 5.4.34

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 5 3 . 8 7 . 13 8 . 16 8 . 16 (64)
Richmond 0 . 0 4 . 1 4 . 1 5 . 4 5 . 4 (34)
Margin FOOT by 11 FOOT by 1 FOOT by 30 FOOT by 30 FOOT by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Richmond

Captain: Neville Crowe
Coach: Dick Harris (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Gaudion

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Baxter, Ray ? ? 3 ?
6 Bisset, George ? ? 2 ?
20 Bradley, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 ?
27 Chalmers, Graeme ? ? 1 ?
10 Coutts, Rod ? ? 1 ?
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 ?
16 Duff, Ken ? ? 0 ?
19 Greenwood, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 0 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
11 Johnson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 ?
22 Payne, Kelvin ? ? 0 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
31 Smith, Barry ? ? 1 ?
26 Walker, Ray ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 0 ?
1 Zeuschner, Murray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 16

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 1 ?
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 1 ?
16 Busse, Neil ? ? 0 ?
30 Cameron, Barry ? ? 0 ?
5 Crowe, Neville (c) ? ? 1 ?
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 0 ?
21 Garland, Tom ? ? 0 ?
6 Gowers, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
19 Grimmond, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 1 ?
20 Hayden, Ian ? ? 0 ?
34 Hickman, Robert ? ? 0 ?
23 Hogan, Peter ? ? 1 ?
11 Madigan, Owen ? ? 0 ?
17 McMillan, Brian ? ? 0 ?
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 0 ?
33 Perry, John ? ? 0 ?
26 Smith, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
15 Swift, Fred ? ? 0 ?
14 Warner, Ross ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 4

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