1941 VFL Season Semi Final 1: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 6 September 1941 between Richmond and Essendon in the first semi final of the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at the MCG. 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 (11.15.81) were defeated by Essendon (21.9.135).

Match Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 6 September 1941
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 59,368

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Essendon
Score: 11.15.81 - 21.9.135

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 4 7 . 7 8 . 11 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Essendon 8 . 1 10 . 4 13 . 7 21 . 9 21 . 9 (135)
Margin ESSE by 33 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 54 ESSE by 54
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 ? ? 1 ?
15 Cotter, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Crane, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 1 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 2 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 1 ?
7 Nagle, Phil ? ? 0 ?
5 O'Connell, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
32 Quinn, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Randall, Brian ? ? 2 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Laird ? ? 0 ?
4 Steele, Ray ? ? 0 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack (vc) ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 15

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
9 Bryce, Ted ? ? 4 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 2 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 0 ?
30 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
33 Griggs, Les ? ? 4 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
17 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 5 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 0 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 5 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
10 Thomas, Ritchie ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 21 9

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