1939 VFL Season Round 14: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 22 July 1939 between Richmond and Essendon during round fourteen of the 1939 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at Punt Road Oval. Kevin O'Neill captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Richmond (18.14.122) defeated Essendon (10.8.68).

Match Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 22 July 1939
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 17,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 18.14.122 - 10.8.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 5 . 8 6 . 10 14 . 12 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
Essendon 0 . 2 5 . 5 7 . 6 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Margin RICH by 36 RICH by 11 RICH by 48 RICH by 54 RICH by 54
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Kevin O'Neill
Coach: Perce Bentley

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Morgan

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 1 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
33 Broman, Alby ? ? 0 ?
15 Cotter, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Crane, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Dickson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 1 ?
22 Guinane, Danny ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 5 ?
10 McDonald, Alan ? ? 0 ?
5 O'Connell, Maurie ? ? 3 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 1 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Smith, Harry ? ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Laird ? ? 3 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 18 14

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Baker, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Begley, Les ? ? 0 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 1 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 1 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 1 ?
21 Doig, Norm ? ? 0 ?
31 Goldin, Godfrey ? ? 2 ?
33 Griggs, Les ? ? 0 ?
22 Hardiman, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Maynes, Leo ? ? 0 ?
25 Pattinson, George ? ? 1 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 1 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 0 ?
6 Standfield, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 8

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