A famous day in Tigerland history
4:58:22 PM Tue 9 May, 2006
Tony Greenberg
richmondfc.com.au
Today (May 9, 2006) is the 75th anniversary of one of the most memorable days in the Richmond Football Club’s proud history.
It was on May 9, 1931 that a young bloke by the name of John Raymond Dyer made his senior league debut with Richmond, against North Melbourne at Punt Road Oval.
Given the massive impact “Captain Blood” Jack Dyer was later to have on not only Tigerland, but the game, in general, it was a very humble beginning for the great man.
Selected as 19th man (and there was only one named on the bench in those days), he spent the entire match on the ‘pine’ waiting in vain for a chance to get amongst the action.
He would have watched in awe as Richmond went on a goalscoring spree against the hapless North. The Tigers kicked a league record 30.19 (199) to demolish North Melbourne 4.7 (31).
That was to be a record score in the competition until Carlton notched 30.30 (210) against Hawthorn in 1969.
Doug Strang, playing just his second game of league football, booted a staggering 14 goals for the Tigers that early May day in ’31.
Three quarters of a century later, that remains the most number of goals kicked in a senior match by a Richmond player.
Match details
Richmond 5.7 17.9 22.14 30.19 (199)
North Melb. 0.1 0.4 2.5 4.7 (31)
Goals – Richmond: D. Strang 14, Titus 8, Weidner 3, Hunter 3, Baggott, Zschech.
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