1919 VFL Season Round 1: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 3 May 1919 between Richmond and Essendon during round one of the 1919 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 Norm Clark and the visitors were coached by Jack Worrall.

Richmond (12.19.91) defeated Essendon (10.11.71).

Match Details

Season: 1919 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 3 May 1919
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 12.19.91 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 5 6 . 9 7 . 14 12 . 19 12 . 19 (91)
Essendon 3 . 4 8 . 5 9 . 8 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin ESSE by 5 ESSE by 8 ESSE by 6 RICH by 20 RICH by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Bill Thomas
Coach: Norm Clark

Essendon

Captain: Allan Belcher
Coach: Jack Worrall

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Elder

Boundary Umpires

F. Hunting

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Bayliss, George ? ? 2 ?
16 Bettles, Artie ? ? 0 ?
17 Don, Donald ? ? 5 ?
21 Dooley, Pat ? ? 0 ?
23 Fewster, Artie ? ? 0 ?
22 Hall, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
6 Hede, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Herbert, Barney ? ? 1 ?
29 Hislop, Max ? ? 0 ?
3 Maybury, Percy ? ? 0 ?
14 Moffatt, Dave ? ? 0 ?
19 Shand, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
10 Smith, Jimmy ? ? 3 ?
4 Thomas, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Thorp, Vic ? ? 0 ?
7 Threlfall, George ? ? 1 ?
15 Weatherill, Bob ? ? 0 ?
28 Weatherill, George ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 12 19

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Baring, Fred ? ? 2 ?
1 Belcher, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
4 Bowe, Len ? ? 0 ?
21 Day, Bert ? ? 0 ?
5 Donald, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
2 Donaldson, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
25 Drinkwater, Bert ? ? 0 ?
21 Dunn, Norm ? ? 0 ?
19 Dussell, Harry ? ? 2 ?
11 Farrell, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
3 Fitzmaurice, Tom ? ? 0 ?
15 Laing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
9 Martyn, Perc ? ? 1 ?
23 McInerney, Leo ? ? 0 ?
16 Ogden, Percy ? ? 0 ?
8 Sullivan, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
17 Walsh, Dave ? ? 1 ?
26 Wollacott, Bertie ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 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