1959 VFL Season Round 11: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 11 July 1959 between Essendon and Richmond during round eleven of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at Windy Hill. Jack Clarke captained the hosts. Ron Branton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Alan McDonald.

Essendon (19.20.134) defeated Richmond (10.9.69).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 11 July 1959
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 17,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Richmond
Score: 19.20.134 - 10.9.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 1 7 . 7 15 . 12 19 . 20 19 . 20 (134)
Richmond 2 . 4 4 . 7 8 . 9 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Margin ESSE by 3 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 45 ESSE by 65 ESSE by 65
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Richmond

Captain: Ron Branton
Coach: Alan McDonald

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 3 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
26 Donohoe, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
8 Evans, Ron ? ? 9 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 0 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
16 Leydin, Graham ? ? 3 ?
32 Mackie, Barry ? ? 1 ?
7 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
15 Murdoch, Alby ? ? 0 ?
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
35 Shearman, Bob ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 19 20

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Branton, Ron (c) ? ? 1 ?
30 Cameron, Barry ? ? 0 ?
24 Clements, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Crowe, Neville ? ? 1 ?
4 Cuzens, Dave ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 0 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 4 ?
10 Gahan, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
19 Grimmond, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
21 Holt, Colin ? ? 0 ?
28 Langridge, Ted ? ? 2 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 1 ?
13 Morris, Peter ? ? 0 ?
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 0 ?
8 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
20 Ward, Ken ? ? 0 ?
40 Wilson, John ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 9

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