1953 VFL Season Round 18: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 29 August 1953 between Richmond and Essendon during round eighteen of the 1953 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 Alby Pannam and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Richmond (13.7.85) were defeated by Essendon (19.12.126).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 29 August 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 19,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Essendon
Score: 13.7.85 - 19.12.126

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 5 . 3 6 . 4 10 . 5 13 . 7 13 . 7 (85)
Essendon 6 . 2 14 . 5 15 . 7 19 . 12 19 . 12 (126)
Margin ESSE by 5 ESSE by 49 ESSE by 32 ESSE by 41 ESSE by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Alby Pannam

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Betson, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 2 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 2 ?
27 Collins, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 3 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 1 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 1 ?
12 Hogan, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 1 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
25 Patterson, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
30 Ritchie, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
16 Slater, Frank ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 7

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
5 Bradley, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
17 Coleman, Brian ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 10 ?
15 Dale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 1 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 1 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 3 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
32 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
29 Monks, Ian ? ? 4 ?
16 O'Sullivan, Peter ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 0 ?
8 Thaw, Alan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 19 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