1960 VFL Season Round 2: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 30 April 1960 between Richmond and Essendon during round two of the 1960 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at Punt Road Oval. Ron Branton captained the hosts. Jack Clarke captained the visitors with Geoff Leek as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Alan McDonald and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Richmond (5.15.45) were defeated by Essendon (25.20.170).

Match Details

Season: 1960 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 30 April 1960
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 31,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Essendon
Score: 5.15.45 - 25.20.170

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 0 . 2 3 . 9 3 . 13 5 . 15 5 . 15 (45)
Essendon 9 . 6 10 . 8 16 . 16 25 . 20 25 . 20 (170)
Margin ESSE by 58 ESSE by 41 ESSE by 81 ESSE by 125 ESSE by 125
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Ron Branton
Coach: Alan McDonald

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Vice-Captain: Geoff Leek
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Goal Umpires

T. Rossiter

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
38 Anderson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Cameron, Barry ? ? 0 ?
4 Cuzens, Dave ? ? 0 ?
9 Gainger, Murray ? ? 0 ?
19 Grimmond, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
28 Langridge, Ted ? ? 1 ?
18 Loughran, Peter ? ? 0 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 1 ?
13 Morris, Peter ? ? 1 ?
6 O'Toole, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 0 ?
12 Richardson, Alan ? ? 0 ?
31 Rowe, Larry ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
15 Swift, Fred ? ? 0 ?
37 Thompson, John ? ? 0 ?
2 Wilkinson, Graeme ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 15

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 3 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 6 ?
3 Dunlop, Bob ? ? 1 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
8 Evans, Ron ? ? 8 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 3 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff (vc) ? ? 1 ?
16 Leydin, Graham ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
15 Murdoch, Alby ? ? 0 ?
29 Peucker, Ken ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 1 ?
10 Shelton, Ian ? ? 0 ?
21 Spero, George ? ? 0 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 25 20

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