1956 VFL Season Round 16: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 4 August 1956 between Richmond and Essendon during round sixteen of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at Punt Road Oval. Des Rowe captained the hosts with Roy Wright as vice-captain. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors with Roy McConnell as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Max Oppy and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Richmond (13.13.91) defeated Essendon (11.13.79).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 4 August 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 18,500

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 13.13.91 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 5 . 4 8 . 7 9 . 11 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Essendon 2 . 4 4 . 5 6 . 9 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin RICH by 18 RICH by 26 RICH by 20 RICH by 12 RICH by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

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

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Vice-Captain: Roy McConnell
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Schwab

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
32 Allsopp, Ray ? ? 1 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 2 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
34 Claxton, John ? ? 3 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 1 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 0 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 4 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 0 ?
18 Hafey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 0 ?
36 Munro, Frank ? ? 0 ?
10 Naismith, Vic ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 1 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 1 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
6 Sharp, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
20 Ward, Ken ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 13

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 3 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
32 Carmichael, Don ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Fox, Robert ? ? 0 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 1 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 1 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 4 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy (vc) ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 0 ?
16 Willey, Graham ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 13

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