1941 VFL Season Round 4: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 17 May 1941 between Essendon and Richmond during round four of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts with Hugh Torney as vice-captain. Jack Dyer captained the visitors with Jack Titus as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Jack Dyer.

Essendon (15.14.104) defeated Richmond (14.8.92).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 17 May 1941
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Richmond
Score: 15.14.104 - 14.8.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 3 9 . 9 13 . 12 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Richmond 4 . 3 7 . 4 11 . 5 14 . 8 14 . 8 (92)
Margin level ESSE by 17 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Vice-Captain: Hugh Torney
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Vice-Captain: Jack Titus
Coach: Jack Dyer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 2 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 1 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Evans, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 2 ?
32 Forsyth, Keith ? ? 0 ?
26 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
33 Griggs, Les ? ? 1 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 5 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 0 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 3 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh (vc) ? ? 0 ?
14 Wilson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 14

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 2 ?
15 Cotter, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Crane, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 2 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 2 ?
27 Hull, Ian ? ? 0 ?
10 McDonald, Alan ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 2 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
32 Quinn, Jack ? ? 1 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Steele, Ray ? ? 0 ?
26 Sullivan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack (vc) ? ? 5 ?
13 Waldron, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 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