1929 VFL Season Round 3: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 11 May 1929 between Essendon and Richmond during round three of the 1929 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at Windy Hill. Norm Beckton captained the hosts with Joe Hammond as vice-captain. Dooley Lilburne captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Hardy and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Essendon (9.9.63) were defeated by Richmond (15.17.107).

Match Details

Season: 1929 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 11 May 1929
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 25,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Richmond
Score: 9.9.63 - 15.17.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 0 . 2 5 . 3 8 . 7 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Richmond 2 . 5 6 . 10 11 . 15 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Margin RICH by 15 RICH by 13 RICH by 26 RICH by 44 RICH by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Norm Beckton
Vice-Captain: Joe Hammond
Coach: Charlie Hardy

Richmond

Captain: Dooley Lilburne
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Clarke

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Beckton, Norm (c) ? ? 1 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
35 Forbes, Keith ? ? 0 ?
12 Gregory, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe (vc) ? ? 0 ?
4 Hearn, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Len ? ? 1 ?
27 Kidd, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Okey, Howard ? ? 2 ?
21 Parris, Keith ? ? 0 ?
31 Quinn, Jim ? ? 1 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
30 Speakman, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Vosti, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Watson, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len ? ? 3 ?
25 Williamson, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 9

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Bentley, Perce ? ? 0 ?
3 Benton, Bill ? ? 0 ?
17 Dunne, Tom ? ? 0 ?
33 Empey, Ralph ? ? 1 ?
10 Fincher, Jack ? ? 2 ?
11 Foster, Bert ? ? 0 ?
23 Gallagher, Les ? ? 0 ?
33 Heifner, Fred ? ? 0 ?
16 Lilburne, Dooley (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
21 McCormack, Jack ? ? 7 ?
13 Murdoch, Joe ? ? 0 ?
15 Oakley, Allan ? ? 0 ?
18 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 2 ?
4 Sheahan, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Watson, Carl ? ? 0 ?
7 Weidner, Harry ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 15 17

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