Full Name: RALPH EMPEY
Date of Birth: 22/09/1904
Height: 175 cm ( 5-9 )
Weight: 74 kg ( 11-9 )
Guernsey: 33
Debut: 06/09/1924, Round 18, Carlton
Last Game: 27/09/1930, Round SF, Collingwood
RICHMOND SENIORS
Seasons: 1924-25, 1928-30
Total Games: 49
Total Goals: 30
Honours:
RICHMOND RESERVES
Seasons: 1928-30
Total Games: 20
Total Goals: 30
Honours:
BIOGRAPHY
Ralph was a talented wingman and rover who played in richmond’s 1928 and 1929 Grand Final teams. He was a very level-headed player who had great poise and did not get flustered in a crisis. He was also a strong mark for his size. Apart from football he played Senior XI District Cricket with Richmond in 1927/28. He scored 1 run and took 8 wickets with his best performance being 5 wickets. He then played at University where he scored 235 runs and took 50 wickets between 1931 and 1934. With Carlton between 1934 and 1939, he scored 310 runs and took 4 wickets. He started out as a fast bowler and finished as a batsman, and once scored 117 not-out for Carlton seniors. A schoolteacher, he twice took country teaching positions which interfered with his VFL career. Ralph died in 1961.
PRE RICHMOND
Scotch College Junior Football ; Hawthorn VFA 1921-22 ; Old Scotch Collegians 1923.
POST RICHMOND
Horsham 1926-27, Games 20, Goals 23 ( Honours - Wimmera League Representative Team Games 1).
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