1952 VFL Season Round 19: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 30 August 1952 between Richmond and Essendon during round nineteen of the 1952 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at Punt Road Oval. Des Rowe captained the hosts. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Dyer and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Richmond (15.11.101) defeated Essendon (11.10.76).

Match Details

Season: 1952 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 30 August 1952
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 28,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 15.11.101 - 11.10.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 3 9 . 5 10 . 9 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Essendon 4 . 2 7 . 4 9 . 7 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Margin ESSE by 11 RICH by 13 RICH by 8 RICH by 25 RICH by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Jack Dyer

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Blumfield

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Austen, Col ? ? 0 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 1 ?
17 Clarke, Fred ? ? 0 ?
27 Collins, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
37 Cox, Graham ? ? 1 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 2 ?
29 Flintoff, Les ? ? 0 ?
21 Fraser, Don ? ? 0 ?
29 Gibb, Ray ? ? 0 ?
22 Morcom, Stan ? ? 0 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
4 O'Rourke, Jack ? ? 2 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 5 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 3 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 11

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 1 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 1 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 9 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Law, Alby ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
12 May, Wally ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 McEwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Sullivan, Peter ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 0 ?
36 Thaw, Alan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 10

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