1940 VFL Season Round 9: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 22 June 1940 between Richmond and Essendon during round nine of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at Punt Road Oval. Perce Bentley captained the hosts with Jack Dyer as vice-captain. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Richmond (12.5.77) were defeated by Essendon (12.10.82).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 22 June 1940
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 19,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Essendon
Score: 12.5.77 - 12.10.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 6 . 1 8 . 1 11 . 4 12 . 5 12 . 5 (77)
Essendon 1 . 2 5 . 8 9 . 9 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Margin RICH by 29 RICH by 11 RICH by 7 ESSE by 5 ESSE by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Perce Bentley
Vice-Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Perce Bentley

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Ablett, Len ? ? 0 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 2 ?
15 Cotter, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Crane, Jack ? ? 1 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (vc) ? ? 0 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
27 Hull, Ian ? ? 1 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 0 ?
10 McDonald, Alan ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Laird ? ? 1 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 1 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 6 ?
13 Waldron, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 5

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Baker, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Begley, Les ? ? 0 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 1 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 4 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 0 ?
26 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
33 Griggs, Les ? ? 0 ?
18 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 2 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 3 ?
28 Watts, Ray ? ? 2 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 10

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