1958 VFL Season Round 7: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 24 May 1958 between Essendon and Richmond during round seven of the 1958 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at Windy Hill. Jack Clarke captained the hosts. Roy Wright captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Alan McDonald.

Essendon (11.16.82) defeated Richmond (9.14.68).

Match Details

Season: 1958 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 24 May 1958
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 19,500

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Richmond
Score: 11.16.82 - 9.14.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 2 5 . 7 8 . 8 11 . 16 11 . 16 (82)
Richmond 2 . 9 3 . 10 8 . 12 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Margin RICH by 13 ESSE by 9 RICH by 4 ESSE by 14 ESSE by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Richmond

Captain: Roy Wright
Coach: Alan McDonald

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nash

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 3 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 0 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 1 ?
26 Donohoe, Brian ? ? 1 ?
19 Elliott, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 0 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
15 Murdoch, Alby ? ? 0 ?
24 Parks, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 2 ?
Peucker, Ken ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
35 Shearman, Bob ? ? 1 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 2 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 0 ?
36 Yeo, Alby ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 16

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
32 Allsopp, Ray ? ? 2 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 1 ?
9 Clifford, Bob ? ? 0 ?
5 Crowe, Neville ? ? 1 ?
4 Cuzens, Dave ? ? 0 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 1 ?
25 Flannagan, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
39 Jenkins, John ? ? 1 ?
28 Langridge, Ted ? ? 2 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 0 ?
16 McGaw, Ray ? ? 0 ?
30 Meehan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
22 Morcom, Stan ? ? 0 ?
38 Morris, Peter ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
15 Swift, Fred ? ? 0 ?
20 Ward, Ken ? ? 0 ?
3 Williams, James ? ? 1 ?
2 Wright, Roy (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 14

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