1912 VFL Season Round 15: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 3 August 1912 between Essendon and Richmond during round fifteen of the 1912 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at East Melbourne. Allan Belcher captained the hosts with Lou Armstrong as vice-captain. In the absence of Ted Ohlson, Bill Burns captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Worrall and the visitors were coached by Charlie Pannam.

Essendon (10.12.72) defeated Richmond (5.13.43).

Match Details

Season: 1912 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 3 August 1912
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: East Melbourne

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Richmond
Score: 10.12.72 - 5.13.43

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 5 7 . 6 7 . 9 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Richmond 1 . 4 3 . 7 4 . 9 5 . 13 5 . 13 (43)
Margin ESSE by 25 ESSE by 23 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 29 ESSE by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Allan Belcher
Vice-Captain: Lou Armstrong
Coach: Jack Worrall

Richmond

Captain: Bill Burns (acting)
Coach: Charlie Pannam

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Norden

Goal Umpires

J. Lucas
M. Minahan

Boundary Umpires

J. Kennedy
L. Stainsby

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Armstrong, Lou (vc) ? ? 2 ?
5 Baring, Fred ? ? 1 ?
1 Belcher, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
4 Bowe, Len ? ? 0 ?
6 Cameron, Ernie ? ? 2 ?
7 Chalmers, Wally ? ? 0 ?
29 Griffith, Billy ? ? 0 ?
10 Hanley, Dan ? ? 0 ?
26 Harvey, Billy ? ? 0 ?
11 Kirby, Jack ? ? 2 ?
9 Kirkwood, Fred ? ? 0 ?
30 Kyme, Bill ? ? 1 ?
12 Martin, Jim ? ? 1 ?
25 O'Brien, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 O'Shea, Fred ? ? 0 ?
17 Sewart, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Shea, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
20 Walker, Bill ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 12

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Bowden, Bob ? ? 0 ?
7 Burns, Bill (ac) ? ? 0 ?
23 Danks, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
6 Gibson, George ? ? 0 ?
22 Hall, Clarrie ? ? 1 ?
1 Herbert, Barney ? ? 0 ?
15 James, Hughie ? ? 0 ?
18 Keggin, Ted ? ? 0 ?
4 Love, Frank ? ? 0 ?
3 Maybury, Percy ? ? 0 ?
19 McCashney, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Moffatt, Dave ? ? 0 ?
12 Oliver, Les ? ? 0 ?
11 Reeves, Syd ? ? 0 ?
25 Rush, Leo ? ? 1 ?
4 Sheehan, Percy ? ? 0 ?
5 Thorp, Vic ? ? 0 ?
8 Walker, Harry ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 5 13

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