1955 VFL Season Round 12: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 9 July 1955 between Essendon and Richmond during round twelve of the 1955 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 (14.7.91) defeated Richmond (5.20.50).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 9 July 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 19,500

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Richmond
Score: 14.7.91 - 5.20.50

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 1 8 . 1 10 . 2 14 . 7 14 . 7 (91)
Richmond 0 . 5 0 . 8 2 . 19 5 . 20 5 . 20 (50)
Margin ESSE by 2 ESSE by 41 ESSE by 31 ESSE by 41 ESSE by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Alby Pannam

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 2 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
32 Carmichael, Don ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 1 ?
36 Chapman, Keith ? ? 0 ?
6 Dench, Doug ? ? 0 ?
24 Fox, Robert ? ? 4 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 3 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
27 Peucker, Ken ? ? 1 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 1 ?
15 Taylor, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 7

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Betson, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 2 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
36 Cox, Graham ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 0 ?
11 Deane, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 1 ?
18 Hafey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
26 Hall, Reg ? ? 0 ?
39 Jenkins, John ? ? 1 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 0 ?
12 McGown, Ken ? ? 0 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 20

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