1924 VFL Season Round 5: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 24 May 1924 between Essendon and Richmond during round five of the 1924 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at Windy Hill. Syd Barker captained the hosts with Frank Maher as vice-captain. Dan Minogue captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Syd Barker and the visitors were coached by Dan Minogue.

Essendon (13.16.94) defeated Richmond (3.13.31).

Match Details

Season: 1924 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 24 May 1924
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 22,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Richmond
Score: 13.16.94 - 3.13.31

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 2 9 . 5 11 . 11 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Richmond 1 . 4 1 . 8 2 . 11 3 . 13 3 . 13 (31)
Margin ESSE by 4 ESSE by 45 ESSE by 54 ESSE by 63 ESSE by 63
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Syd Barker
Vice-Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Syd Barker

Richmond

Captain: Dan Minogue
Coach: Dan Minogue

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Clarke

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Barker, Syd (c) RU ? 0 ?
3 Beckton, Norm RU ? 1 ?
22 Callahan, Joe FPR ? 2 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet WR ? 0 ?
2 Donaldson, Clyde BPL ? 0 ?
6 Fitzmaurice, Tom CHB ? 0 ?
28 Garden, Jack WL ? 0 ?
12 Gregory, Harry BPR ? 0 ?
13 Harrison, Joe HBFR ? 0 ?
7 Hunter, Harry CHF ? 0 ?
18 Irwin, Vince FB ? 0 ?
15 Laing, Roy HBFL ? 0 ?
24 Maher, Frank (vc) RO ? 2 ?
14 May, Charlie C ? 0 ?
30 Shorten, George HFFL ? 0 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg FF ? 6 ?
8 Sullivan, Jimmy FPL ? 2 ?
10 Watt, Rowley HFFR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 13 16

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Bannister, Horrie WL ? 0 ?
24 Beare, Gerry WR ? 0 ?
29 Bourke, Ted FF ? 1 ?
17 Don, Donald C ? 0 ?
25 Gale, Jack FPR ? 0 ?
16 Harley, Frank HFFR ? 0 ?
20 Hayes, Doug RO ? 0 ?
9 Hislop, Gordon BPL ? 0 ?
28 MacIsaac, Angus RU ? 0 ?
3 McIntosh, Norm HBFR ? 0 ?
1 Minogue, Dan (c) RU ? 1 ?
15 Reid, Reuben CHF ? 0 ?
32 Rudolph, George FPL ? 1 ?
30 Smith, Basil HFFL ? 0 ?
10 Smith, Jimmy HBFL ? 0 ?
22 Spain, Jim CHB ? 0 ?
5 Thorp, Vic FB ? 0 ?
19 Threlfall, George BPR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 3 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

Player Line-Up

Essendon Coach: Syd Barker
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
9 G. Hislop 5 V. Thorp 19 G. Threlfall 1 S. Barker (c)

22 J. Callahan 25 G. Stockdale 8 J. Sullivan 3 N. Beckton

FORWARD 24 F. Maher (vc)

HALF-BACK



10 J. Smith 22 J. Spain 3 N. McIntosh



10 R. Watt 7 H. Hunter 30 G. Shorten



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



14 H. Bannister 17 D. Don 24 G. Beare



17 G. Campbell 14 C. May 28 J. Garden FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 28 A. MacIsaac

HALF-FORWARD 1 D. Minogue (c)

30 B. Smith 15 R. Reid 16 F. Harley 20 D. Hayes

13 J. Harrison 6 T. Fitzmaurice 15 R. Laing



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



32 G. Rudolph 29 T. Bourke 25 J. Gale



12 H. Gregory 18 V. Irwin 2 C. Donaldson



BACK



Richmond Coach: Dan Minogue