1926 VFL Season Round 3: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 15 May 1926 between Essendon and Richmond during round three of the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at Windy Hill. Frank Maher captained the hosts. Mel Morris captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Syd Barker and the visitors were coached by Mel Morris.

Essendon (10.9.69) defeated Richmond (8.13.61).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 15 May 1926
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 30,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Richmond
Score: 10.9.69 - 8.13.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 1 2 . 6 7 . 8 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Richmond 2 . 4 3 . 4 7 . 6 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Margin RICH by 9 RICH by 4 ESSE by 2 ESSE by 8 ESSE by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Syd Barker

Richmond

Captain: Mel Morris
Coach: Mel Morris

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Leheny

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Beckton, Norm ? ? 2 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
2 Donaldson, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
12 Gregory, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe ? ? 0 ?
13 Harrison, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Hudd, Bill ? ? 0 ?
7 Hunter, Harry ? ? 0 ?
18 Irwin, Vince ? ? 4 ?
27 Kidd, Jack ? ? 1 ?
24 Maher, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
14 May, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
16 McCarthy, Justin ? ? 2 ?
30 Shorten, George ? ? 0 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Vosti, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 9

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Boromeo, Bert ? ? 1 ?
29 Bourke, Ted ? ? 0 ?
17 Don, Donald ? ? 0 ?
23 Gallagher, Les ? ? 1 ?
8 Geddes, Allan ? ? 0 ?
31 Huggard, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 James, Jack ? ? 1 ?
16 Lilburne, Dooley ? ? 0 ?
4 Lunn, Bennie ? ? 0 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
13 Millar, Keith ? ? 0 ?
11 Morris, Mel (c) ? ? 2 ?
18 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 0 ?
3 Robinson, George ? ? 1 ?
32 Rudolph, George ? ? 2 ?
10 Smith, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
31 Valentine, George ? ? 0 ?
7 Waterhouse, George ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 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