1931 VFL Season Round 16: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 29 August 1931 between Richmond and Essendon during round sixteen of the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at Punt Road Oval. Maurie Hunter captained the hosts. Garnet Campbell captained the visitors with Joe Hammond as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Garnet Campbell.

Richmond (23.14.152) defeated Essendon (15.11.101).

Match Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 29 August 1931
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 23.14.152 - 15.11.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 9 . 5 12 . 7 20 . 11 23 . 14 23 . 14 (152)
Essendon 3 . 3 9 . 6 11 . 8 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Margin RICH by 38 RICH by 19 RICH by 57 RICH by 51 RICH by 51
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Maurie Hunter
Coach: Frank Hughes

Essendon

Captain: Garnet Campbell
Vice-Captain: Joe Hammond
Coach: Garnet Campbell

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Bill Lowenthal ESSE 7 3
Stan Judkins RICH 6 2
Doug Strang RICH 28 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Baggott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Bentley, Perce ? ? 0 ?
7 Bisset, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
11 Foster, Bert ? ? 0 ?
8 Geddes, Allan ? ? 0 ?
20 Hunter, Maurie (c) ? ? 3 ?
6 Judkins, Stan ? ? 0 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
13 Murdoch, Joe ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
4 Sheahan, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
28 Strang, Doug ? ? 8 ?
23 Strang, Gordon ? ? 2 ?
5 Street, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 3 ?
2 Twyford, Jack ? ? 2 ?
7 Weidner, Harry ? ? 5 ?
25 Zschech, Eric ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 23 14

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Anderson, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet (c) ? ? 1 ?
11 Carman, Syd ? ? 0 ?
23 Clarke, Tom ? ? 0 ?
1 Forbes, Keith ? ? 2 ?
26 Freyer, Ted ? ? 5 ?
20 Hammond, Joe (vc) ? ? 1 ?
14 Johnson, Len ? ? 1 ?
7 Lowenthal, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Nash, Frank ? ? 1 ?
2 Okey, Howard ? ? 0 ?
30 Peterson, Reg ? ? 1 ?
Roberts, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
15 Vosti, Jack ? ? 1 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 1 ?
32 Webster, Len ? ? 1 ?
25 Williamson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 11

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