1910 Season

To celebrate 100 years since the 1910 season, this page will be updated each week, following the result of the respective 2010 season match.

The 1910 Season displays the results of all senior matches played by the Richmond Football Club.



Richmond's 1910 coach was Alex 'Joker' Hall, who earlier had played for the Essendon Football Club in the VFA (1891 - 1896) and then in the VFL (1898-1900, 1902).
Prior to coaching Richmond, he coached StKilda (1906), and Melbourne (1907-1910). He was the coach of Melbourne the day Richmond played their first ever VFL game (Rd 1 1908).

The below advertisment appeared in the Argus in March of 1910.


It reads: The above club INVITE APPLICATIONS for the POSITION of COACH for the ensuring season.
Applications must be in writing , stating experience etc, to the hon. sec. Mr A. A. Manzie

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PRACTICE MATCH RESULTS

Richmond vs Beverley (junior club)
11.15.81 9.8.62

Richmond team:
Ellis (Prahran), Anderson (Essendon), Davison (Yarraville), Harrison (Eurora), Carter (Balmain)

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SEASON RESULTS

April 30th 1910 @ Lake Oval 15,000

R: 4.8.32
S: 11.12.78


Goalkickers:
Richmond: Ted Frauenfelder 1, Mick Maguire 1, Frank McCashney? 1, Billy Schmidt 1.

South: Bob Deas 4, Bert Franks 3, Jim Cameron 1, Vic Belcher 1, Arthur Hiskins 1, Bert Streckfuss 1

Notes:
Prime Minister, ANDREW FISHER watches the game, and later consoles the losing Richmond team in the rooms after the match.
South unveiled their 1909 Premiership pennant before the match.

Taking up defence for Richmond on debut, was the 19 year old VIC THORP, who would go on to become the club’s greatest ever fullback.

Richmond took the field in their new Guernsey, an all black jumper with a wide yellow band around the middle.

MICK MAGUIRE’S debut for Richmond created history- he was just 15 years 328 days old. The youngest Richmond debutant ever.

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Round 2 vs Melbourne
14 May 1910 @ Punt Road

R: 16.18.114
M: 5.7.37

Goalkickers:
T Heaney 6, Mick Maguire 3, Billy Schmidt 2, A. Davidson 1, Ted Frauenfelder 1, Bill Mahoney, Percy Maybury, Frank McCashney?

Notes:
With their win, Richmond jumped from last place on the ladder to third position.

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Round 3 vs University
21 May 1910 @ East Melbourne

R: 7.10.52
U: 10.13.73

Goalkickers:
Bobby Scott 2, Frank McCashney? 1, Bill Mahoney 1, Mick Maguire 1, Tom Heaney 1, Paddy Bourke 1

Notes:
Richmond goalless against University in the first quarter for the first time ever. Exactly 100 years later in 2010, they would be goalless against Sydney (0.4)