1949 VFL Season Round 16: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 6 August 1949 between Richmond and Essendon during round sixteen of the 1949 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at Punt Road Oval. Leo Merrett captained the hosts. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Richmond (7.14.56) were defeated by Essendon (11.12.78).

Match Details

Season: 1949 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 6 August 1949
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Essendon
Score: 7.14.56 - 11.12.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 0 . 2 3 . 7 5 . 9 7 . 14 7 . 14 (56)
Essendon 5 . 5 6 . 6 11 . 9 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Margin ESSE by 33 ESSE by 17 ESSE by 36 ESSE by 22 ESSE by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Leo Merrett
Coach: Jack Dyer

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Albiston, Ken ? ? 0 ?
13 Allen, Tom ? ? 0 ?
10 Burge, Fred ? ? 0 ?
23 Clarke, Leo ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 2 ?
30 Currie, Max ? ? 0 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
21 Fraser, Don ? ? 0 ?
16 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo (c) ? ? 0 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 1 ?
4 O'Rourke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Perkins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 2 ?
33 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des ? ? 2 ?
25 Sier, Ken ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
26 Wiggins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 14

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Allanson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
27 Bradley, Bob ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 6 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Harper, Bert ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 1 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
17 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
22 Lane, Gordon ? ? 2 ?
12 May, Wally ? ? 0 ?
31 McClure, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
35 Payne, Fred ? ? 0 ?
2 Rawle, Keith ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Simpson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Tate, Greg ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 12

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