1956 VFL Season Round 5: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 12 May 1956 between Essendon and Richmond during round five of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at Windy Hill. Bill Hutchison captained the hosts. Des Rowe captained the visitors with Roy Wright as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Max Oppy.

Essendon (6.22.58) defeated Richmond (7.10.52).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 12 May 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 17,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Richmond
Score: 6.22.58 - 7.10.52

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 8 3 . 13 5 . 18 6 . 22 6 . 22 (58)
Richmond 1 . 2 1 . 5 4 . 10 7 . 10 7 . 10 (52)
Margin ESSE by 12 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 14 ESSE by 6 ESSE by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Vice-Captain: Roy Wright
Coach: Max Oppy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Roach

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 0 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 1 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Dench, Doug ? ? 0 ?
24 Fox, Robert ? ? 0 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 3 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Lalor, Ray ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 1 ?
5 Suter, Bob ? ? 0 ?
16 Willey, Graham ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 22

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Amery, Les ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 1 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
34 Claxton, John ? ? 1 ?
9 Cox, Graham ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 0 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 2 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 0 ?
25 Flannagan, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
18 Hafey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 Morcom, Stan ? ? 2 ?
38 Morris, Peter ? ? 1 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 10

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