1930 VFL Season Round 3: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 17 May 1930 between Richmond and Essendon during round three of the 1930 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at Punt Road Oval. Allan Geddes captained the hosts. Norm Beckton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Charlie Hardy.

Richmond (10.17.77) were defeated by Essendon (12.7.79).

Match Details

Season: 1930 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 17 May 1930
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Essendon
Score: 10.17.77 - 12.7.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 5 4 . 8 8 . 12 10 . 17 10 . 17 (77)
Essendon 2 . 3 7 . 4 10 . 6 12 . 7 12 . 7 (79)
Margin RICH by 2 ESSE by 14 ESSE by 6 ESSE by 2 ESSE by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Allan Geddes
Coach: Frank Hughes

Essendon

Captain: Norm Beckton
Coach: Charlie Hardy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Johnston

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Bentley, Perce ? ? 0 ?
3 Benton, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
24 Cusack, Ted ? ? 0 ?
33 Empey, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
11 Foster, Bert ? ? 0 ?
8 Geddes, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Harris, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Heifner, Fred ? ? 0 ?
20 Hunter, Maurie ? ? 2 ?
6 Judkins, Stan ? ? 0 ?
27 Martin, Ray ? ? 0 ?
15 Oakley, Allan ? ? 0 ?
Ogden, Stan ? ? 0 ?
18 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 4 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
5 Street, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 3 ?
7 Weidner, Harry ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 17

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
13 Arthur, Alan ? ? 1 ?
3 Beckton, Norm (c) ? ? 2 ?
18 Bertram, Lloyd ? ? 0 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
23 Clarke, Tom ? ? 0 ?
1 Forbes, Keith ? ? 2 ?
16 Gubbins, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
20 Hammond, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Hearn, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Len ? ? 3 ?
27 Kidd, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Lynch, Billy ? ? 0 ?
24 MacRae, Mal ? ? 2 ?
22 Nash, Frank ? ? 0 ?
2 Okey, Howard ? ? 0 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy ? ? 1 ?
8 Watson, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 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