1927 VFL Season Round 8: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 18 June 1927 between Richmond and Essendon during round eight of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at Punt Road Oval. Allan Geddes captained the hosts. Frank Maher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Frank Maher.

Richmond (15.12.102) defeated Essendon (11.13.79).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 18 June 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 25,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 15.12.102 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 5 . 6 7 . 9 12 . 11 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Essendon 2 . 0 5 . 8 6 . 8 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin RICH by 24 RICH by 13 RICH by 39 RICH by 23 RICH by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Allan Geddes
Coach: Frank Hughes

Essendon

Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Frank Maher

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Baggott, Jack ? ? 3 ?
1 Bentley, Perce ? ? 2 ?
17 Don, Donald ? ? 0 ?
23 Gallagher, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Geddes, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Harris, Don ? ? 0 ?
20 Hayes, Doug ? ? 2 ?
19 Hislop, Max ? ? 0 ?
31 Huggard, Jack ? ? 1 ?
33 Lynch, Dave ? ? 3 ?
24 MacIsaac, Angus ? ? 1 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
13 Murdoch, Joe ? ? 0 ?
25 O'Brien, Frank ? ? 0 ?
18 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 0 ?
32 Rudolph, George ? ? 2 ?
11 Spain, Jim ? ? 0 ?
27 Stainsby, Les ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 15 12

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Beckton, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Carman, Syd ? ? 0 ?
1 Gomez, Chris ? ? 0 ?
21 Gosling, Dick ? ? 1 ?
12 Gregory, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe ? ? 0 ?
13 Harrison, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Hudd, Bill ? ? 1 ?
7 Hunter, Harry ? ? 0 ?
2 Irving, Les ? ? 0 ?
27 Kidd, Jack ? ? 1 ?
24 Maher, Frank (c) ? ? 2 ?
9 McSweeney, Ned ? ? 0 ?
31 Quinn, Jim ? ? 2 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg ? ? 1 ?
5 Vosti, Jack ? ? 3 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 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