1962 VFL Season Round 14: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 28 July 1962 between Richmond and Essendon during round fourteen of the 1962 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 (11.17.83) were defeated by Essendon (12.12.84).

Match Details

Season: 1962 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 28 July 1962
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 24,043

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Essendon
Score: 11.17.83 - 12.12.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 1 . 3 7 . 7 8 . 8 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
Essendon 6 . 4 9 . 6 12 . 12 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Margin ESSE by 31 ESSE by 11 ESSE by 28 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 1
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

V. Hocking

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Crowe, Neville ? ? 3 ?
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 2 ?
10 Gahan, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
19 Grimmond, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 1 ?
20 Hayden, Ian ? ? 0 ?
34 Hickman, Robert ? ? 0 ?
16 Jacobs, Graham ? ? 1 ?
28 Langridge, Ted ? ? 2 ?
8 Lockhart, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 0 ?
12 Richardson, Alan ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
38 Serich, Ron ? ? 2 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
15 Swift, Fred ? ? 0 ?
37 Thompson, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Williamson, Gary ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 17

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 ?
37 Byers, Max ? ? 0 ?
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 ?
36 Doran, Paul ? ? 0 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
8 Evans, Ron ? ? 3 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 0 ?
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnston, Graeme ? ? 2 ?
30 Leek, Geoff (vc) ? ? 0 ?
3 Matthews, Barry ? ? 0 ?
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 4 ?
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
2 Rodgers, Terry ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
10 Shelton, Ian ? ? 0 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 12

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