1962 VFL Season Round 3: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 5 May 1962 between Essendon and Richmond during round three of the 1962 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at Windy Hill. Jack Clarke captained the hosts with Geoff Leek as vice-captain. Ron Branton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Des Rowe.

Essendon (12.22.94) defeated Richmond (9.13.67).

Match Details

Season: 1962 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 5 May 1962
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 22,500

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Richmond
Score: 12.22.94 - 9.13.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 4 6 . 10 8 . 14 12 . 22 12 . 22 (94)
Richmond 2 . 5 5 . 6 8 . 11 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Margin ESSE by 5 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Richmond

Captain: Ron Branton
Coach: Des Rowe

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Schwab

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 ?
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 1 ?
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 ?
36 Doran, Paul ? ? 0 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 1 ?
22 Forge, Ken ? ? 0 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 1 ?
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnston, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
26 King, Alf ? ? 1 ?
30 Leek, Geoff (vc) ? ? 2 ?
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 3 ?
2 Rodgers, Terry ? ? 2 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
10 Shelton, Ian ? ? 0 ?
19 Somerville, John ? ? 1 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 22

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Branton, Ron (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Crowe, Neville ? ? 1 ?
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 1 ?
10 Gahan, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
19 Grimmond, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 3 ?
20 Hayden, Ian ? ? 0 ?
7 Hayes, Alan ? ? 1 ?
21 Hillis, Wally ? ? 0 ?
16 Jacobs, Graham ? ? 0 ?
28 Langridge, Ted ? ? 2 ?
18 Loughran, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McMillan, Brian ? ? 0 ?
32 Moloney, Basil ? ? 0 ?
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
27 Smith, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
15 Swift, Fred ? ? 0 ?
37 Thompson, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Williamson, Gary ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 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