1939 VFL Season Round 3: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 6 May 1939 between Essendon and Richmond during round three of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Perce Bentley captained the visitors with Kevin O'Neill as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jack Baggott and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Essendon (16.8.104) were defeated by Richmond (15.16.106).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 6 May 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 21,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Richmond
Score: 16.8.104 - 15.16.106

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 8 . 2 13 . 3 14 . 5 16 . 8 16 . 8 (104)
Richmond 2 . 3 7 . 8 11 . 12 15 . 16 15 . 16 (106)
Margin ESSE by 35 ESSE by 31 ESSE by 11 RICH by 2 RICH by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Jack Baggott

Richmond

Captain: Perce Bentley
Vice-Captain: Kevin O'Neill
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Cummins

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Begley, Les ? ? 0 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 3 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 1 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 0 ?
26 Green, Fred ? ? 1 ?
23 Kelly, Frank ? ? 1 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Maynes, Leo ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 4 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 2 ?
21 Rippon, Ted ? ? 0 ?
6 Standfield, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 4 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 8

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Ablett, Len ? ? 0 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 2 ?
15 Cotter, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Crane, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Dickson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack ? ? 1 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
22 Guinane, Danny ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 2 ?
27 Hull, Ian ? ? 0 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 1 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin (vc) ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 1 ?
28 Smith, Harry ? ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Laird ? ? 2 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 4 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 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