1937 VFL Season Round 16: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 7 August 1937 between Richmond and Essendon during round sixteen of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at Punt Road Oval. Jack Titus captained the hosts. In the absence of Keith Forbes, vice-captain Len Webster captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Titus and the visitors were coached by Jack Baggott.

Richmond (13.15.93) defeated Essendon (12.19.91).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 7 August 1937
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 13.15.93 - 12.19.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 3 8 . 5 10 . 8 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Essendon 6 . 8 9 . 9 12 . 16 12 . 19 12 . 19 (91)
Margin ESSE by 23 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 20 RICH by 2 RICH by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Jack Titus
Coach: Jack Titus (caretaker)

Essendon

Captain: Len Webster (acting)
Coach: Jack Baggott

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Rooney

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Bates, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
13 Chirgwin, Dick ? ? 0 ?
15 Cotter, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Crane, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Grant, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
22 Guinane, Danny ? ? 0 ?
31 Hayes, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
8 Henderson, Reg ? ? 0 ?
27 Hull, Ian ? ? 1 ?
3 Maple, Alan ? ? 0 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 1 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
25 Scriven, Ray ? ? 0 ?
6 Sleeth, Lou ? ? 6 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 1 ?
12 Titus, Jack (c) ? ? 4 ?
9 Uwins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 15

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Baker, Norm ? ? 0 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
31 Bryce, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 2 ?
26 Freyer, Ted ? ? 3 ?
31 Hall, Billy ? ? 0 ?
23 Kelly, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 Lahiff, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Maltby, Arnold ? ? 0 ?
15 Maynes, Leo ? ? 1 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
15 Powell, Les ? ? 0 ?
18 Roberts, Archie ? ? 0 ?
17 Wallace, Len ? ? 0 ?
34 Watts, Ray ? ? 3 ?
32 Webster, Len (ac) ? ? 1 ?
15 Welch, Dick ? ? 1 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 19

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