1942 VFL Season Grand Final: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 19 September 1942 between Richmond and Essendon in the grand final of the 1942 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at Princes Park. Jack Dyer captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Richmond (11.13.79) were defeated by Essendon (19.18.132).

Match Details

Season: 1942 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 19 September 1942
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 49,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Essendon
Score: 11.13.79 - 19.18.132

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 4 4 . 4 5 . 10 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Essendon 2 . 6 8 . 14 14 . 16 19 . 18 19 . 18 (132)
Margin ESSE by 2 ESSE by 34 ESSE by 60 ESSE by 53 ESSE by 53
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Goal Umpires

T. Nicholson
L. Whyte

Boundary Umpires

N. Batty
J. Lancaster

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 0 ?
8 Burge, Fred ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 2 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
22 Guinane, Danny ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 3 ?
5 Hay, Bob ? ? 1 ?
10 Martin, Des ? ? 1 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 1 ?
7 Morris, Bill ? ? 0 ?
29 Randall, Brian ? ? 1 ?
34 Reilly, Joe ? ? 0 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Steele, Ray ? ? 0 ?
26 Sullivan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 2 ?
13 Waldron, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 13

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Caesar, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 3 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 2 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 2 ?
30 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 6 ?
14 Leehane, Ted ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 4 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 1 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
28 Silk, Sid ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 19 18

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