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Richmond vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 4-Aug-1956
Final Round 16
Richmond logo
Richmond Coach: Max Oppy
91 13.13
79 11.13
Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds
Essendon logo
Punt Rd Richmond by 12 RIC by 12
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Richmond

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

33 Allan Cations — · Position unavailable 7 Allan Cooke — · Position unavailable 17 Bob Dummett — · Position unavailable 35 Brian Davie — · Position unavailable 26 Col Saddington — · Position unavailable 15 Des Rowe — · Position unavailable 23 Frank Dunin — · Position unavailable 36 Frank Munro — · Position unavailable 8 Frank Ryan — · Position unavailable 34 John Claxton — · Position unavailable 20 Ken Ward — · Position unavailable 6 Laurie Sharp — · Position unavailable 32 Ray Allsop — · Position unavailable 24 Ray Poulter — · Position unavailable 29 Ron Branton — · Position unavailable 14 Ron McDonald — · Position unavailable 2 Roy Wright — · Position unavailable 18 Tom Hafey — · Position unavailable 11 Tom Simpson — · Position unavailable 10 Vic Naismith — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

7 Bill Hutchison — · Position unavailable 32 Don Carmichael — · Position unavailable 19 Doug Bigelow — · Position unavailable 13 Fred Gallagher — · Position unavailable 30 Geoff Leek — · Position unavailable 16 Graham Willey — · Position unavailable 9 Greg Sewell — · Position unavailable 31 Hugh Mitchell — · Position unavailable 1 Jack Clarke — · Position unavailable 21 Jack Knowles — · Position unavailable 22 Jeff Gamble — · Position unavailable 20 Jim Carstairs — · Position unavailable 14 Jim Heenan — · Position unavailable 3 John Gill — · Position unavailable 33 John Towner — · Position unavailable 34 Mal Pascoe — · Position unavailable 18 Reg Burgess — · Position unavailable 24 Robert Fox — · Position unavailable 25 Roy McConnell — · Position unavailable 2 Stan Booth — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
RIC5.43.31.44.291
ESS2.42.12.45.479

Match Leaders

Goals
4
2 tied leaders
Bob DummettRIC
Behinds
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SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

RICESS

Scoring / Attack

13Goals11
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Richmond beat Essendon by 12 points, 91–79.

Richmond took a 20-point lead into the last quarter. Essendon cut that back to 12 by the final siren, scoring 34 points to 26 in the final term.

This match record does not include scoring sequence.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Quarter comparisons are included only when all four quarters add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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