1944 VFL Season Preliminary Final: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 23 September 1944 between Richmond and Essendon in the preliminary final of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at Junction Oval. 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 (16.12.108) defeated Essendon (12.15.87).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 23 September 1944
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 38,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 16.12.108 - 12.15.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 8 . 2 10 . 5 15 . 9 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
Essendon 0 . 5 5 . 7 7 . 9 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Margin RICH by 45 RICH by 28 RICH by 48 RICH by 21 RICH by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 1 ?
10 Burge, Fred ? ? 3 ?
7 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 ?
12 Cook, Keith ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 9 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
19 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 0 ?
15 Mooney, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
5 Morris, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
29 Randall, Brian ? ? 2 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
13 Waldron, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 12

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 3 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
20 Griggs, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 1 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
33 McIvor, Ivor ? ? 1 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
17 Powell, Ray ? ? 3 ?
2 Randall, Alan ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 3 ?
24 Smith, Noel ? ? 1 ?
13 Symons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Tonkes, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 15

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