1944 VFL Season Round 3: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 1944 between Essendon and Richmond during round three of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at Windy Hill. Elton Plummer captained the hosts. Jack Dyer captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Elton Plummer and the visitors were coached by Jack Dyer.

Essendon (16.14.110) were defeated by Richmond (22.19.151).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 20 May 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 21,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Richmond
Score: 16.14.110 - 22.19.151

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 2 8 . 7 12 . 11 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Richmond 6 . 6 14 . 11 18 . 15 22 . 19 22 . 19 (151)
Margin RICH by 22 RICH by 40 RICH by 40 RICH by 41 RICH by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Elton Plummer
Coach: Elton Plummer (caretaker)

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 1 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 3 ?
21 Dimble, Murray ? ? 0 ?
28 Drummond, Bob ? ? 2 ?
16 Finn, Ray ? ? 2 ?
30 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Griggs, Les ? ? 0 ?
12 Harper, Bert ? ? 2 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 1 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
8 Plummer, Elton (c) ? ? 0 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 3 ?
24 Smith, Noel ? ? 1 ?
13 Symons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 14

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 1 ?
16 Bower, Ray ? ? 0 ?
12 Cook, Keith ? ? 0 ?
28 Curran, Kevin ? ? 3 ?
1 Durham, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 2 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 1 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 10 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 0 ?
5 Morris, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
25 Quinn, Roy ? ? 2 ?
29 Randall, Brian ? ? 0 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
26 Taylor, Laurie ? ? 3 ?
13 Waldron, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 22 19

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