1946 VFL Season Round 8: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 8 June 1946 between Richmond and Essendon during round eight of the 1946 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 (10.10.70) were defeated by Essendon (15.17.107).

Match Details

Season: 1946 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 8 June 1946
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 38,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Essendon
Score: 10.10.70 - 15.17.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 1 4 . 2 9 . 8 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Essendon 3 . 4 6 . 12 8 . 12 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Margin ESSE by 3 ESSE by 22 RICH by 2 ESSE by 37 ESSE by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bride

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Bourke, Frank ? ? 6 ?
10 Burge, Fred ? ? 1 ?
19 Calverley, Des ? ? 0 ?
7 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 ?
1 Durham, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 2 ?
20 Eames, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Fraser, Don ? ? 0 ?
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 ?
18 Ross, Noel ? ? 0 ?
28 Rowe, Des ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 0 ?
27 Stokes, Ray ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 10

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
16 Bower, Ray ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 3 ?
35 Bushby, Percy ? ? 0 ?
15 Buttsworth, Wally ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 1 ?
10 Dearle, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
32 Equid, Harry ? ? 1 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
13 Harper, Bert ? ? 2 ?
6 Hassell, George ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 2 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 1 ?
27 Jory, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
26 Lyons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 McIvor, Ivor ? ? 3 ?
20 Pearson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 2 ?
1 Tonkes, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 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