1926 VFL Season Round 14: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 14 August 1926 between Richmond and Essendon during round fourteen of the 1926 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 Mel Morris and the visitors were coached by Syd Barker.

Richmond (8.14.62) were defeated by Essendon (10.7.67).

Match Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 14 August 1926
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Essendon
Score: 8.14.62 - 10.7.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 5 2 . 7 7 . 14 8 . 14 8 . 14 (62)
Essendon 0 . 1 6 . 3 8 . 3 10 . 7 10 . 7 (67)
Margin RICH by 16 ESSE by 20 RICH by 5 ESSE by 5 ESSE by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Mel Morris
Coach: Mel Morris

Essendon

Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Syd Barker

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Netherton

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Bentley, Perce ? ? 0 ?
6 Boromeo, Bert ? ? 0 ?
17 Don, Donald ? ? 0 ?
8 Geddes, Allan ? ? 0 ?
2 Harris, Don ? ? 0 ?
20 Hayes, Doug ? ? 0 ?
27 James, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Lilburne, Dooley ? ? 0 ?
33 Lynch, Dave ? ? 5 ?
25 MacIsaac, Angus ? ? 0 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
13 Millar, Keith ? ? 1 ?
11 Morris, Mel (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 1 ?
27 Pollock, Harry ? ? 0 ?
3 Robinson, George ? ? 1 ?
10 Smith, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
7 Taylor, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 14

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Beckton, Norm ? ? 1 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
2 Donaldson, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
28 Garden, Jack ? ? 1 ?
21 Gosling, Dick ? ? 3 ?
12 Gregory, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe ? ? 1 ?
13 Harrison, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Hudd, Bill ? ? 0 ?
7 Hunter, Harry ? ? 0 ?
24 Maher, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
14 May, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
9 McSweeney, Ned ? ? 0 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 1 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Vosti, Jack ? ? 3 ?
8 Watt, Rod ? ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 7

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