1909 VFL Season Round 8: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 12 June 1909 between Essendon and Richmond during round eight of the 1909 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at East Melbourne. Billy Griffith captained the hosts. Ivor Lawson captained the visitors with Billy Schmidt as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Dave Smith and the visitors were coached by Dick Condon.

Essendon (8.7.55) were defeated by Richmond (8.15.63).

Match Details

Season: 1909 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 12 June 1909
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: East Melbourne

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Richmond
Score: 8.7.55 - 8.15.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 0 5 . 5 6 . 5 8 . 7 8 . 7 (55)
Richmond 3 . 3 4 . 6 8 . 12 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Margin RICH by 15 ESSE by 5 RICH by 19 RICH by 8 RICH by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Billy Griffith
Coach: Dave Smith

Richmond

Captain: Ivor Lawson
Vice-Captain: Billy Schmidt
Coach: Dick Condon

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Drohan

Boundary Umpires

E. Duffy
J. Gregory

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Armstrong, Lou ? ? 1 ?
Belcher, Allan ? ? 0 ?
Bowe, Len ? ? 0 ?
Busbridge, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Cameron, Ernie ? ? 1 ?
Davies, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Farnsworth, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Griffith, Billy (c) ? ? 0 ?
Harrison, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Heaphy, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Londerigan, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Martin, Jim ? ? 1 ?
Minto, Les ? ? 0 ?
Parkinson, Fred ? ? 1 ?
Roach, Wally ? ? 0 ?
Sewart, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Shea, Paddy ? ? 4 ?
Smith, Dave ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 7

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Bourke, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Bourke, Paddy ? ? 1 ?
Bowden, Bob ? ? 1 ?
Burns, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Condon, Dick ? ? 1 ?
Gibson, George ? ? 0 ?
Heaney, Tom ? ? 2 ?
Herbert, Barney ? ? 0 ?
Hill, Herbert ? ? 0 ?
Incigneri, Len ? ? 0 ?
Lang, Bill ? ? 2 ?
Lawson, Ivor (c) ? ? 0 ?
Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Mahoney, Bill ? ? 1 ?
Neil, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Ohlson, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Price, Syd ? ? 0 ?
Schmidt, Billy (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 15

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