1953 VFL Season Round 7: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 6 June 1953 between Essendon and Richmond during round seven of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at Windy Hill. Bill Hutchison captained the hosts. Des Rowe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Alby Pannam.

Essendon (11.18.84) defeated Richmond (7.6.48).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 6 June 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 21,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Richmond
Score: 11.18.84 - 7.6.48

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 2 5 . 8 8 . 16 11 . 18 11 . 18 (84)
Richmond 0 . 1 1 . 1 3 . 3 7 . 6 7 . 6 (48)
Margin ESSE by 7 ESSE by 31 ESSE by 43 ESSE by 36 ESSE by 36
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Alby Pannam

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 6 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 1 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 1 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 1 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
32 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
29 Monks, Ian ? ? 1 ?
6 Morris, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Sullivan, Peter ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
8 Thaw, Alan ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 18

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
9 Boland, Brian ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 0 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
27 Collins, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 1 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
10 Green, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Hafey, Tom ? ? 1 ?
22 Morcom, Stan ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
25 Patterson, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 0 ?
30 Ritchie, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 1 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 1 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 2 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 6

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