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Essendon vs Richmond Match Centre

Saturday 12-May-1956
Final Round 5
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds
58 6.22
52 7.10
Richmond Coach: Max Oppy
Richmond logo
Windy Hill Essendon by 6 ESS by 6
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The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

7 Bill Hutchison — · Position unavailable 5 Bob Suter — · Position unavailable 19 Doug Bigelow — · Position unavailable 6 Doug Dench — · 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 23 Jack Harrington — · Position unavailable 21 Jack Knowles — · Position unavailable 22 Jeff Gamble — · Position unavailable 20 Jim Carstairs — · Position unavailable 14 Jim Heenan — · Position unavailable 34 Mal Pascoe — · Position unavailable 8 Ray Lalor — · Position unavailable 18 Reg Burgess — · Position unavailable 24 Robert Fox — · Position unavailable 2 Stan Booth — · Position unavailable
Away team

Richmond

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

33 Allan Cations — · Position unavailable 17 Bob Dummett — · Position unavailable 35 Brian Davie — · Position unavailable 25 Charlie Flannagan — · Position unavailable 26 Col Saddington — · Position unavailable 15 Des Rowe — · Position unavailable 23 Frank Dunin — · Position unavailable 8 Frank Ryan — · Position unavailable 9 Graham Cox — · Position unavailable 34 John Claxton — · Position unavailable 1 John Nix — · Position unavailable 31 Les Amery — · Position unavailable 38 Peter Morris — · Position unavailable 24 Ray Poulter — · Position unavailable 29 Ron Branton — · Position unavailable 14 Ron McDonald — · Position unavailable 2 Roy Wright — · Position unavailable 22 Stan Morcom — · Position unavailable 18 Tom Hafey — · Position unavailable 11 Tom Simpson — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS2.81.52.51.458
RIC1.20.33.53.052

Match Leaders

Goals
3
Bill HutchisonESS
Behinds
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Tackles
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Team Stats

ESSRIC

Scoring / Attack

6Goals7
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

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How the match finished

Essendon beat Richmond by 6 points, 58–52.

Essendon took a 14-point lead into the last quarter. Richmond cut that back to 6 by the final siren, scoring 18 points to 10 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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