1945 VFL Season Round 6: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 26 May 1945 between Richmond and Essendon during round six of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at Punt Road 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 (12.11.83) defeated Essendon (9.17.71).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 26 May 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 28,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 12.11.83 - 9.17.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 1 7 . 8 9 . 9 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Essendon 4 . 7 6 . 10 7 . 11 9 . 17 9 . 17 (71)
Margin ESSE by 12 RICH by 4 RICH by 10 RICH by 12 RICH by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 0 ?
10 Burge, Fred ? ? 5 ?
7 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
5 Kemp, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 0 ?
15 Mooney, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
5 Morris, Bill ? ? 0 ?
6 Murray, Sel ? ? 3 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
29 Randall, Brian ? ? 1 ?
8 Smith, Laird ? ? 3 ?
26 Turner, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Waldron, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 11

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 4 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
16 Finn, Ray ? ? 1 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 2 ?
19 Jory, Ron ? ? 2 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
26 Lyons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 Pearson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
24 Smith, Noel ? ? 0 ?
34 Syme, Bob ? ? 0 ?
29 Thomas, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 17

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