1914 VFL Season Round 4: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 1914 between Essendon and Richmond during round four of the 1914 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at East Melbourne. Allan Belcher captained the hosts. Bill Thomas captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Worrall and the visitors were coached by Charlie Ricketts.

Essendon (7.11.53) defeated Richmond (7.7.49).

Match Details

Season: 1914 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 16 May 1914
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: East Melbourne

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Richmond
Score: 7.11.53 - 7.7.49

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 1 2 . 6 4 . 8 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Richmond 3 . 3 4 . 3 7 . 4 7 . 7 7 . 7 (49)
Margin RICH by 14 RICH by 9 RICH by 14 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Allan Belcher
Coach: Jack Worrall

Richmond

Captain: Bill Thomas
Coach: Charlie Ricketts

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Kamm

Goal Umpires

A. Collis
C. Foletta

Boundary Umpires

G. Green
A. Pannam

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Armstrong, Bert ? ? 0 ?
5 Baring, Fred ? ? 0 ?
1 Belcher, Allan (c) ? ? 1 ?
4 Bowe, Len ? ? 0 ?
7 Chalmers, Wally ? ? 0 ?
24 Gordon, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
30 Gove, Cyril ? ? 0 ?
10 Hanley, Dan ? ? 0 ?
11 Kirby, Jack ? ? 2 ?
9 Kirkwood, Fred ? ? 0 ?
15 Laing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
16 Ogden, Percy ? ? 0 ?
8 Rahilly, Bob ? ? 2 ?
17 Sewart, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Shea, Paddy ? ? 1 ?
14 Walker, Bob ? ? 1 ?
3 Webster, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
19 White, Les ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 11

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Arbrew, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Bettles, Artie ? ? 0 ?
24 Danks, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
9 Farrell, Ted ? ? 0 ?
30 Gibb, Len ? ? 0 ?
22 Hall, Clarrie ? ? 3 ?
8 Hughes, Frank ? ? 0 ?
15 James, Hughie ? ? 1 ?
18 Keggin, Ted ? ? 0 ?
10 Mahoney, Bill ? ? 0 ?
29 Martyn, Perc ? ? 2 ?
14 Moffatt, Dave ? ? 0 ?
17 Morgan, Fred ? ? 0 ?
7 Nolan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
11 Reeves, Syd ? ? 0 ?
28 Thomas, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Thorp, Vic ? ? 0 ?
26 Thorpe, Bill ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 7

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