1925 VFL Season Round 16: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 5 September 1925 between Richmond and Essendon during round sixteen of the 1925 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at Punt Road Oval. Mel Morris captained the hosts. Frank Maher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dan Minogue and the visitors were coached by Syd Barker.

Richmond (7.8.50) were defeated by Essendon (10.14.74).

Match Details

Season: 1925 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 5 September 1925
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Essendon
Score: 7.8.50 - 10.14.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 2 3 . 7 6 . 8 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Essendon 3 . 7 5 . 7 8 . 11 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Margin ESSE by 11 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Mel Morris
Coach: Dan Minogue

Essendon

Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Syd Barker

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. O'Hea

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Baxter, Ray ? ? 0 ?
29 Bourke, Ted ? ? 0 ?
17 Don, Donald ? ? 3 ?
8 Geddes, Allan ? ? 0 ?
16 Harley, Frank ? ? 0 ?
20 Hayes, Doug ? ? 0 ?
25 Huggard, Frank ? ? 0 ?
19 Huggard, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Lunn, Bennie ? ? 0 ?
21 Maxfield, Jim ? ? 0 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
13 Millar, Keith ? ? 3 ?
23 Moore, Vern ? ? 0 ?
11 Morris, Mel (c) ? ? 1 ?
18 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 0 ?
3 Robinson, George ? ? 0 ?
5 Thorp, Vic ? ? 0 ?
31 Valentine, George ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 8

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Adam, Ken ? ? 0 ?
3 Beckton, Norm ? ? 0 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 1 ?
2 Donaldson, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
11 Farrell, Charlie ? ? 2 ?
28 Garden, Jack ? ? 1 ?
20 Hammond, Joe ? ? 0 ?
13 Harrison, Joe ? ? 0 ?
7 Hunter, Harry ? ? 0 ?
18 Irwin, Vince ? ? 5 ?
24 Maher, Frank (c) ? ? 1 ?
14 May, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
9 McSweeney, Ned ? ? 0 ?
31 Quinn, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Shorten, George ? ? 0 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Vosti, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 14

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