1943 VFL Season Qualifying Round 5: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 28 August 1943 between Essendon and Richmond during the fifth qualifying round of the 1943 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at Windy Hill. 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 (10.11.71) were defeated by Richmond (14.14.98).

Match Details

Season: 1943 VFL Season
Round: Qualifying Round 5
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 28 August 1943
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Richmond
Score: 10.11.71 - 14.14.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 3 3 . 6 6 . 8 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Richmond 0 . 3 9 . 7 12 . 11 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Margin ESSE by 6 RICH by 37 RICH by 39 RICH by 27 RICH by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 1 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 2 ?
27 Cockburn, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 1 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
30 Edwards, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
4 Exelby, Murray ? ? 0 ?
11 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
12 Harper, Bert ? ? 1 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
2 Rawle, Keith ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 1 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 3 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 11

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Ablett, Len ? ? 0 ?
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 0 ?
30 Brannan, Andy ? ? 4 ?
24 Broadstock, Jack ? ? 1 ?
1 Durham, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 5 ?
16 Hunt, Ray ? ? 1 ?
5 Kemp, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 1 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 1 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
25 Quinn, Roy ? ? 1 ?
29 Randall, Brian ? ? 0 ?
8 Russell, Wally ? ? 0 ?
4 Steele, Ray ? ? 0 ?
32 Styles, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Waldron, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 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