1941 VFL Season Round 15: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 9 August 1941 between Richmond and Essendon during round fifteen of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at Punt Road Oval. Jack Dyer captained the hosts with Jack Titus as vice-captain. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors with Hugh Torney as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Richmond (14.11.95) defeated Essendon (12.16.88).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 9 August 1941
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 26,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 14.11.95 - 12.16.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 8 . 0 10 . 2 12 . 7 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Essendon 1 . 2 4 . 11 7 . 14 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
Margin RICH by 40 RICH by 27 RICH by 23 RICH by 7 RICH by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

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

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Ablett, Len ? ? 0 ?
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 0 ?
21 Brooks, Keith ? ? 0 ?
15 Cotter, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Crane, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 2 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 2 ?
27 Hull, Ian ? ? 0 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 0 ?
10 McDonald, Alan ? ? 0 ?
7 Nagle, Phil ? ? 1 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
29 Randall, Brian ? ? 1 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Laird ? ? 0 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Tanner, Gerald ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack (vc) ? ? 8 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 11

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
7 Baker, Norm ? ? 0 ?
12 Bell, George ? ? 0 ?
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 1 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 0 ?
30 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
33 Griggs, Les ? ? 2 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
18 Lambert, Chris ? ? 2 ?
17 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 4 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 3 ?
2 Smith, Ron ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 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