1955 VFL Season Round 1: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 16 April 1955 between Richmond and Essendon during round one of the 1955 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 (9.23.77) were defeated by Essendon (13.16.94).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 16 April 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 30,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Essendon
Score: 9.23.77 - 13.16.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 1 . 5 3 . 15 7 . 21 9 . 23 9 . 23 (77)
Essendon 2 . 3 5 . 7 9 . 11 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Margin ESSE by 4 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 2 ESSE by 17 ESSE by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Alby Pannam

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Betson, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 2 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
36 Cox, Graham ? ? 1 ?
36 Cox, Lance ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 0 ?
10 Davies, Neil ? ? 0 ?
11 Deane, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 1 ?
26 Hall, Reg ? ? 0 ?
22 Morcom, Stan ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 5 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
6 Sharp, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
16 Slater, Frank ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
20 Walton, Jim ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 23

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 1 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Dench, Doug ? ? 0 ?
24 Fox, Robert ? ? 2 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 1 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 1 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 6 ?
16 O'Sullivan, Peter ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
27 Peucker, Ken ? ? 1 ?
28 Prest, Warren ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 16

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