1950 VFL Season Round 16: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 12 August 1950 between Essendon and Richmond during round sixteen of the 1950 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds captained the hosts. Bill Morris captained the visitors with Don Fraser as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Jack Dyer.

Essendon (20.15.135) defeated Richmond (11.12.78).

Match Details

Season: 1950 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 12 August 1950
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 24,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Richmond
Score: 20.15.135 - 11.12.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 3 12 . 8 15 . 12 20 . 15 20 . 15 (135)
Richmond 4 . 2 6 . 6 8 . 10 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Margin ESSE by 13 ESSE by 38 ESSE by 44 ESSE by 57 ESSE by 57
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dick Reynolds
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Richmond

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Cleland

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Allanson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 8 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 1 ?
15 Dale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 2 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
17 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
12 May, Wally ? ? 0 ?
31 McClure, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 McEwin, Ron ? ? 4 ?
35 Payne, Fred ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick (c) ? ? 3 ?
22 Snell, Bill ? ? 1 ?
16 Tate, Greg ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 20 15

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Austen, Col ? ? 0 ?
9 Boland, Brian ? ? 0 ?
10 Burge, Fred ? ? 0 ?
30 Currie, Max ? ? 0 ?
23 Ednie, Ray ? ? 1 ?
29 Flintoff, Les ? ? 0 ?
21 Fraser, Don (vc) ? ? 1 ?
22 Horwood, Ray ? ? 0 ?
5 Morris, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 1 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
4 O'Rourke, Jack ? ? 1 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 3 ?
15 Rowe, Des ? ? 0 ?
6 Sier, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
27 Stokes, Ray ? ? 1 ?
26 Wiggins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 1 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 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