1958 VFL Season Round 18: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 23 August 1958 between Richmond and Essendon during round eighteen of the 1958 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at Punt Road Oval. Roy Wright captained the hosts. Jack Clarke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alan McDonald and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Richmond (15.11.101) were defeated by Essendon (16.13.109).

Match Details

Season: 1958 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 23 August 1958
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Essendon
Score: 15.11.101 - 16.13.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 7 . 0 8 . 3 10 . 7 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Essendon 2 . 3 8 . 5 13 . 7 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Margin RICH by 27 ESSE by 2 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 8 ESSE by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Roy Wright
Coach: Alan McDonald

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 4 ?
9 Clifford, Bob ? ? 0 ?
5 Crowe, Neville ? ? 1 ?
4 Cuzens, Dave ? ? 0 ?
6 De Lorenzo, Tista ? ? 0 ?
36 Dean, Roger ? ? 0 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 1 ?
40 Evely, Bill ? ? 0 ?
27 Gardner, Ian ? ? 1 ?
18 Hafey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
21 Holt, Colin ? ? 0 ?
28 Langridge, Ted ? ? 0 ?
22 Morcom, Stan ? ? 3 ?
38 Morris, Peter ? ? 2 ?
8 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
31 Rowe, Larry ? ? 3 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
15 Swift, Fred ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 11

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
20 Box, Bill ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
26 Donohoe, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
8 Evans, Ron ? ? 5 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 0 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 1 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
7 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 3 ?
17 Moloney, George ? ? 3 ?
15 Murdoch, Alby ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 2 ?
Peucker, Ken ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
35 Shearman, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 2 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 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