1909 VFL Season Round 17: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 28 August 1909 between Richmond and Essendon during round seventeen of the 1909 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at Punt Road Oval. Ivor Lawson captained the hosts with Billy Schmidt as vice-captain. Billy Griffith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Taylor and the visitors were coached by Dave Smith.

Richmond (5.9.39) were defeated by Essendon (12.11.83).

Match Details

Season: 1909 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 28 August 1909
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Essendon
Score: 5.9.39 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 1 . 2 2 . 5 2 . 6 5 . 9 5 . 9 (39)
Essendon 1 . 5 3 . 6 10 . 10 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Margin ESSE by 3 ESSE by 7 ESSE by 52 ESSE by 44 ESSE by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Ivor Lawson
Vice-Captain: Billy Schmidt
Coach: Charlie Taylor (caretaker)

Essendon

Captain: Billy Griffith
Coach: Dave Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Gibson

Boundary Umpires

J. Gregory
W. Jackson

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Bourke, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Bourke, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
Bowden, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Chapman, Doug ? ? 1 ?
Cooke, Sam ? ? 1 ?
Gibson, George ? ? 0 ?
Herbert, Barney ? ? 0 ?
Incigneri, Len ? ? 0 ?
James, Hughie ? ? 1 ?
Kirkpatrick, Lyster ? ? 0 ?
Lawson, Ivor (c) ? ? 2 ?
Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Mahoney, Bill ? ? 0 ?
McCashney, Frank ? ? 0 ?
McEwan, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Ohlson, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Schmidt, Billy (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Schunke, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 5 9

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Armstrong, Lou ? ? 1 ?
Beckley, Charlie ? ? 2 ?
Belcher, Allan ? ? 0 ?
Bowe, Len ? ? 0 ?
Busbridge, Bill ? ? 1 ?
Cameron, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Daykin, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Farnsworth, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Griffith, Billy (c) ? ? 0 ?
Harrison, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Martin, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Minto, Les ? ? 0 ?
Parkinson, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Prout, Harry ? ? 2 ?
Ryan, Gerald ? ? 0 ?
Shea, Paddy ? ? 4 ?
Smith, Dave ? ? 0 ?
Whelpton, Fred ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 12 11

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