1945 VFL Season Round 17: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 11 August 1945 between Essendon and Richmond during round seventeen of the 1945 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 (14.22.106) defeated Richmond (10.13.73).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 11 August 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Richmond
Score: 14.22.106 - 10.13.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 2 6 . 10 10 . 13 14 . 22 14 . 22 (106)
Richmond 4 . 6 6 . 7 10 . 11 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Margin RICH by 22 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 2 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Betson, Norm ? ? 1 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 6 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
1 Coward, Ernie ? ? 1 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
9 Dimble, Murray ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
11 Healy, Terry ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 4 ?
26 Lyons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 Pearson, Bill ? ? 1 ?
17 Powell, Ray ? ? 1 ?
32 Ralph, Harry ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Ruddell, Cec ? ? 0 ?
34 Syme, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 22

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Balfour, Don ? ? 0 ?
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 0 ?
24 Broadstock, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Burge, Fred ? ? 0 ?
26 Cartwright, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 1 ?
21 Fraser, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Maguire, Leo ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 1 ?
15 Mooney, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
6 Murray, Sel ? ? 4 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
18 Ross, Noel ? ? 2 ?
8 Smith, Laird ? ? 0 ?
13 Waldron, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
33 Wiggins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 13

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