1943 VFL Season Grand Final: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 25 September 1943 between Essendon and Richmond in the grand final of the 1943 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at Princes Park. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Jack Dyer captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Jack Dyer.

Essendon (11.15.81) were defeated by Richmond (12.14.86).

Match Details

Season: 1943 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 25 September 1943
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 42,100

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Richmond
Score: 11.15.81 - 12.14.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 4 4 . 9 8 . 13 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Richmond 4 . 2 6 . 5 8 . 8 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Margin RICH by 10 RICH by 8 ESSE by 5 RICH by 5 RICH by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Goal Umpires

C. Dummett
F. Rooney

Boundary Umpires

N. Batty
J. Lancaster

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Cockburn, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
11 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
18 Langley, Gil ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
2 Rawle, Keith ? ? 1 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 0 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 7 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 15

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Ablett, Len ? ? 0 ?
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 1 ?
24 Broadstock, Jack ? ? 1 ?
10 Cahill, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
1 Durham, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 3 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 7 ?
16 Hunt, Ray ? ? 0 ?
5 Kemp, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
25 Quinn, Roy ? ? 0 ?
29 Randall, Brian ? ? 0 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Steele, Ray ? ? 0 ?
13 Waldron, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 14

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