1944 VFL Season Round 14: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 5 August 1944 between Richmond and Essendon during round fourteen of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at Punt Road Oval. Dick Harris captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Harris and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Richmond (11.17.83) were defeated by Essendon (12.15.87).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 5 August 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 26,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Essendon
Score: 11.17.83 - 12.15.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 1 . 1 3 . 6 7 . 11 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
Essendon 2 . 4 7 . 8 9 . 11 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Margin ESSE by 9 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Dick Harris
Coach: Dick Harris (caretaker)

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hooper

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 0 ?
8 Bice, Perc ? ? 0 ?
7 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 ?
12 Cook, Keith ? ? 0 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick (c) ? ? 7 ?
5 Kemp, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 1 ?
15 Mooney, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
5 Morris, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
25 Quinn, Roy ? ? 0 ?
29 Randall, Brian ? ? 1 ?
6 Scott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 1 ?
13 Waldron, Bernie ? ? 1 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 17

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 1 ?
27 Cockburn, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 3 ?
30 Flanigan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Griggs, Les ? ? 0 ?
11 Healy, Terry ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 1 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
17 Powell, Ray ? ? 2 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 1 ?
29 Reynolds, Tom ? ? 2 ?
24 Smith, Noel ? ? 2 ?
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