1915 VFL Season Round 18: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 21 August 1915 between Richmond and Essendon during round eighteen of the 1915 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at Punt Road Oval. Bill Thomas captained the hosts. Allan Belcher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Ricketts and the visitors were coached by Jack Worrall.

Richmond (14.15.99) defeated Essendon (6.11.47).

Match Details

Season: 1915 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 21 August 1915
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 14.15.99 - 6.11.47

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 5 . 4 6 . 6 11 . 13 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Essendon 1 . 2 6 . 6 6 . 6 6 . 11 6 . 11 (47)
Margin RICH by 26 level RICH by 37 RICH by 52 RICH by 52
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Bill Thomas
Coach: Charlie Ricketts

Essendon

Captain: Allan Belcher
Coach: Jack Worrall

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Naismith

Goal Umpires

C. Bell
A. Collis

Boundary Umpires

F. Dainty
R. Treloar

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Alessio, Harry ? ? 4 ?
Barnes, Bert ? ? 2 ?
12 Briscoe, Billy ? ? 0 ?
10 Burke, Leo ? ? 0 ?
21 Cronk, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Danks, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
25 Granger, Allan ? ? 0 ?
22 Hall, Clarrie ? ? 1 ?
6 Hede, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Herbert, Barney ? ? 5 ?
15 James, Hughie ? ? 0 ?
3 Maybury, Percy ? ? 0 ?
14 Moffatt, Dave ? ? 1 ?
11 Reeves, Syd ? ? 0 ?
8 Richardson, Howard ? ? 0 ?
30 Stewart, Ray ? ? 0 ?
4 Thomas, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Thorp, Vic ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 14 15

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Baring, Fred ? ? 0 ?
1 Belcher, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 Condon, Jim ? ? 0 ?
27 Day, Bert ? ? 0 ?
9 Feehan, Harold ? ? 0 ?
15 Garden, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Kirby, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 McIntosh, Fred ? ? 0 ?
23 Moore, Flurence ? ? 1 ?
26 Nankervis, Vic ? ? 0 ?
16 Ogden, Percy ? ? 0 ?
12 Richardson, Ned ? ? 0 ?
17 Sewart, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Shea, Paddy ? ? 1 ?
13 Sinclair, Col ? ? 3 ?
8 Wade, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
25 Walker, Bill ? ? 1 ?
19 White, Les ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 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