1961 VFL Season Round 10: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 24 June 1961 between Richmond and Essendon during round ten of the 1961 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 Des Rowe and the visitors were coached by John Coleman.

Richmond (12.20.92) defeated Essendon (10.14.74).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 24 June 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 23,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 12.20.92 - 10.14.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 1 . 7 4 . 13 10 . 14 12 . 20 12 . 20 (92)
Essendon 2 . 2 5 . 6 7 . 11 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Margin ESSE by 1 RICH by 1 RICH by 21 RICH by 18 RICH by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Ron Branton
Coach: Des Rowe

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Vice-Captain: Geoff Leek
Coach: John Coleman

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Andrew

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
9 Benetti, Edo ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Cameron, Barry ? ? 0 ?
5 Crowe, Neville ? ? 0 ?
4 Cuzens, Dave ? ? 0 ?
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 4 ?
19 Grimmond, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
7 Hayes, Alan ? ? 1 ?
16 Jacobs, Graham ? ? 3 ?
28 Langridge, Ted ? ? 3 ?
18 Loughran, Peter ? ? 0 ?
12 Richardson, Alan ? ? 0 ?
46 Robertson, John ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
15 Swift, Fred ? ? 0 ?
37 Thompson, John ? ? 0 ?
2 Wilkinson, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
23 Williamson, Gary ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 20

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Beissel, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 ?
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 1 ?
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 ?
36 Doran, Paul ? ? 5 ?
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 0 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 1 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff (vc) ? ? 0 ?
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 1 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
17 Moloney, George ? ? 0 ?
15 Murdoch, Alby ? ? 0 ?
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
10 Shelton, Ian ? ? 0 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 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