1918 VFL Season Round 1: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 11 May 1918 between Richmond and Essendon during round one of the 1918 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at Punt Road Oval. Clarrie Hall captained the hosts. Fred Baring captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bernie Nolan and the visitors were coached by Jack Worrall.

Richmond (5.16.46) defeated Essendon (4.10.34).

Match Details

Season: 1918 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 11 May 1918
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 5.16.46 - 4.10.34

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 1 . 4 2 . 10 4 . 12 5 . 16 5 . 16 (46)
Essendon 1 . 1 2 . 4 3 . 6 4 . 10 4 . 10 (34)
Margin RICH by 3 RICH by 6 RICH by 12 RICH by 12 RICH by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Clarrie Hall
Coach: Bernie Nolan

Essendon

Captain: Fred Baring
Coach: Jack Worrall

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Nugent

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
28 Albress, Bill ? ? 0 ?
24 Alessio, Harry ? ? 0 ?
16 Bettles, Artie ? ? 0 ?
10 Burke, Leo ? ? 0 ?
17 Don, Donald ? ? 1 ?
21 Dooley, Pat ? ? 0 ?
25 Fehring, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
27 Fox, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
22 Hall, Clarrie (c) ? ? 1 ?
1 Herbert, Barney ? ? 0 ?
29 Hislop, Max ? ? 0 ?
11 Reeves, Syd ? ? 0 ?
18 Rudd, Billy ? ? 0 ?
19 Shand, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
10 Smith, Jimmy ? ? 2 ?
20 Spicer, Reefton ? ? 0 ?
5 Thorp, Vic ? ? 0 ?
15 Weatherill, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 5 16

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Baring, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
4 Bowe, Len ? ? 0 ?
Coffey, Bill ? ? 0 ?
24 Condon, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Day, Bert ? ? 0 ?
21 Dunn, Norm ? ? 0 ?
14 Furlong, Phil ? ? 0 ?
6 Hall, Norm ? ? 0 ?
15 Laing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
7 Martyn, Perc ? ? 0 ?
23 McInerney, Leo ? ? 2 ?
16 Ogden, Percy ? ? 2 ?
12 Richardson, Ned ? ? 0 ?
18 Shea, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
13 Sinclair, Col ? ? 0 ?
8 Sullivan, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
17 Walsh, Dave ? ? 0 ?
9 Wylie, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 4 10

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