1954 VFL Season Round 11: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 3 July 1954 between Essendon and Richmond during round eleven of the 1954 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 (13.9.87) defeated Richmond (13.6.84).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 3 July 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 28,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Richmond
Score: 13.9.87 - 13.6.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 1 7 . 3 11 . 5 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Richmond 4 . 3 8 . 4 11 . 4 13 . 6 13 . 6 (84)
Margin RICH by 14 RICH by 7 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Alby Pannam

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 2 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Colliver, Barry ? ? 0 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 3 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 1 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 2 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
32 Mann, Lance ? ? 1 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
15 Taylor, Bob ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 9

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Betson, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
12 Bradley, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 0 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 3 ?
37 Cox, Graham ? ? 3 ?
11 Deane, Jim ? ? 1 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 1 ?
26 Hall, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 2 ?
30 Ritchie, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
20 Walton, Jim ? ? 1 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 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