1957 VFL Season Round 10: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 22 June 1957 between Richmond and Essendon during round ten of the 1957 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at Punt Road Oval. Brian Davie captained the hosts. Geoff Leek captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alan McDonald and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Richmond (13.10.88) defeated Essendon (7.19.61).

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 22 June 1957
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 25,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 13.10.88 - 7.19.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 2 7 . 4 9 . 6 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
Essendon 2 . 5 3 . 7 3 . 15 7 . 19 7 . 19 (61)
Margin RICH by 3 RICH by 21 RICH by 27 RICH by 27 RICH by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Brian Davie
Coach: Alan McDonald

Essendon

Captain: Geoff Leek
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nash

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 1 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
5 Crowe, Neville ? ? 1 ?
4 Cuzens, Dave ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian (c) ? ? 0 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 4 ?
25 Flannagan, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
18 Hafey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
39 Jenkins, John ? ? 0 ?
28 Langridge, Ted ? ? 4 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 1 ?
22 Morcom, Stan ? ? 0 ?
38 Morris, Peter ? ? 2 ?
36 Munro, Frank ? ? 0 ?
10 Naismith, Vic ? ? 0 ?
12 Pilcher, Brian ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
6 Sharp, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
20 Ward, Ken ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 10

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 1 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 2 ?
16 Driscoll, Frank ? ? 0 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 1 ?
38 Gluyas, Bob ? ? 1 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 0 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff (c) ? ? 1 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
15 Murdoch, Alby ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
6 Pridham, Les ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
35 Shearman, Bob ? ? 1 ?
5 Suter, Bob ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 0 ?
27 Webster, Eric ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 19

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