1935 VFL Season Round 17: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 31 August 1935 between Richmond and Essendon during round seventeen of the 1935 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at Punt Road Oval. Perce Bentley captained the hosts. Keith Forbes captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Charlie May.

Richmond (12.14.86) defeated Essendon (7.16.58).

Match Details

Season: 1935 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 31 August 1935
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 12.14.86 - 7.16.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 3 6 . 6 9 . 7 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Essendon 1 . 5 3 . 7 4 . 14 7 . 16 7 . 16 (58)
Margin RICH by 10 RICH by 17 RICH by 23 RICH by 28 RICH by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Perce Bentley
Coach: Perce Bentley

Essendon

Captain: Keith Forbes
Coach: Charlie May

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Baggott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 1 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
29 Chirgwin, Dick ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack ? ? 1 ?
7 Edmonds, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
11 Foster, Bert ? ? 1 ?
8 Geddes, Allan ? ? 0 ?
22 Guinane, Danny ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 2 ?
27 Martin, Ray ? ? 1 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
13 Murdoch, Joe ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
4 Sheahan, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
23 Strang, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 5 ?
25 Zschech, Eric ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 14

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Anderson, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Bryce, Ted ? ? 0 ?
11 Crawford, Col ? ? 0 ?
25 Earle, Bill ? ? 1 ?
2 Exelby, Murray ? ? 0 ?
1 Forbes, Keith (c) ? ? 1 ?
19 Griggs, Les ? ? 0 ?
4 Hearn, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
6 Lahiff, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
7 Lowenthal, Bill ? ? 0 ?
24 Pattinson, George ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick ? ? 0 ?
21 Rippon, Ted ? ? 0 ?
9 Slater, Syd ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
18 Turner, Bill ? ? 0 ?
17 Wallace, Len ? ? 2 ?
32 Webster, Len ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 16

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