1950 VFL Season Round 5: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 1950 between Richmond and Essendon during round five of the 1950 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at Punt Road Oval. Bill Morris captained the hosts with Don Fraser as vice-captain. Dick Reynolds captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Richmond (10.18.78) were defeated by Essendon (17.8.110).

Match Details

Season: 1950 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 20 May 1950
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 33,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Essendon
Score: 10.18.78 - 17.8.110

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 5 . 6 6 . 13 8 . 14 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Essendon 3 . 0 9 . 1 13 . 7 17 . 8 17 . 8 (110)
Margin RICH by 18 ESSE by 6 ESSE by 23 ESSE by 32 ESSE by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Bill Morris
Vice-Captain: Don Fraser
Coach: Jack Dyer

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Allen, Tom ? ? 0 ?
16 Austen, Col ? ? 0 ?
9 Boland, Brian ? ? 0 ?
10 Burge, Fred ? ? 0 ?
30 Currie, Max ? ? 1 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
23 Ednie, Ray ? ? 0 ?
21 Fraser, Don (vc) ? ? 0 ?
5 Morris, Bill (c) ? ? 3 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 2 ?
11 Roberts, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des ? ? 0 ?
25 Sier, Ken ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
28 Stokes, Jervis ? ? 1 ?
27 Stokes, Ray ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 1 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 18

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
27 Bradley, Bob ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 5 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Hassell, George ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 3 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 2 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
17 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
9 Leehane, Ted ? ? 0 ?
12 May, Wally ? ? 0 ?
31 McClure, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
11 McEwin, Ron ? ? 2 ?
17 Newton, Ken ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 4 ?
22 Snell, Bill ? ? 0 ?
16 Tate, Greg ? ? 1 ?
36 Thaw, Alan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 8

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