1976 VFL Season: Richmond

Season Team Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Team: Richmond
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 7th (W-D-L: 10-0-12, P%: 98.6%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 41
Brownlow Leader(s): Francis Bourke (36)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Robert Lamb (38)
Jack Dyer Medal Recipient(s): Kevin Sheedy

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Francis Bourke

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Balme, Neil #21 21 R01-R02, R04-R22 18
Bartlett, Kevin #29 22 R01-R22 27
Bond, Graeme #45 5 R04, R06, R13, R17-R18 0
Borchard, Ian #51 3 R20-R22 2
Bourke, Francis #30 21 R01-R03, R05-R22 6
Boyanich, Ray #19 5 R16-R20 4
Carter, Noel #7 14 R01-R03, R05, R07-R10, R12-R15, R17-R18 18
Clay, Dick #8 6 R01-R02, R04-R07 5
Clayton, Cameron #26 15 R02-R08, R10-R12, R16-R20 10
Cloke, David #33 16 R01-R08, R11-R15, R20-R22 5
Cumming, Daryl #1 9 R01-R03, R05-R09, R11 1
Dunne, Emmett #36 6 R02-R03, R08-R10, R16 4
Edwards, Allan #17 18 R01-R03, R05-R07, R09-R10, R12-R19, R21-R22 12
Gaunt, Graham #32 10 R13-R22 7
Hart, Royce #4 12 R01-R02, R04-R07, R10-R11, R19-R22 31
Heard, Bob #15 22 R01-R22 26
Henry, David #42 1 R22 0
Jenkinson, Noel #37 12 R08-R13, R16-R21 0
Jess, Jim #20 6 R14-R17, R21-R22 6
Keane, Merv #19 14 R06, R08-R17, R20-R22 0
Lamb, Robert #22 16 R04, R08-R22 38
Leech, Eric #25 7 R01-R03, R19-R22 0
Lynch, Alan #6 2 R13-R14 1
Malthouse, Mick #22 9 R14-R22 3
Mattson, Don #35 7 R04, R06, R08-R09, R13-R15 0
McGhie, Robert #12 14 R01-R09, R12, R16-R19 0
McLean, Ricky #31 3 R14-R15, R18 7
Monteath, Bruce #11 11 R01-R03, R07-R14 24
Morris, Kevin #38 12 R01-R05, R07-R09, R11, R19-R20, R22 5
Pitura, John #3 11 R01-R05, R07, R10-R13, R15 2
Raines, Geoff #40 4 R04-R06, R16 1
Roberts, Neville #2 13 R01-R03, R05-R07, R09-R12, R18-R20 20
Robertson, Graeme #24 13 R09-R21 0
Scrimshaw, Ian #36 7 R15-R19, R21-R22 4
Sheedy, Kevin #10 22 R01-R22 2
Stonehouse, Ken #27 9 R01, R03-R06, R10-R12, R22 4
Taubert, Steven #9 8 R03-R05, R11-R15 12
Thompson, Murray #23 11 R03-R04, R07-R10, R13-R16, R21 0
Thorpe, David #14 8 R03-R04, R06-R10, R12 5
Tschirpig, Bruce #32 2 R01, R11 1
Wood, Bryan #16 13 R01-R02, R04-R08, R17-R22 5

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Hafey, Tom 21 10 -0- 11 R01-R03, R05-R22
Richardson, Barry 1 0 -0- 1 R04

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
03/04/1976 Round 1 Fitzroy HOME WIN RIC by 19 Tom Hafey Francis Bourke
10/04/1976 Round 2 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 48 Tom Hafey Francis Bourke
19/04/1976 Round 3 North Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 19 Tom Hafey Francis Bourke
24/04/1976 Round 4 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 15 Barry Richardson Neil Balme
01/05/1976 Round 5 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 21 Tom Hafey Francis Bourke
08/05/1976 Round 6 Essendon HOME WIN RIC by 55 Tom Hafey Francis Bourke
15/05/1976 Round 7 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 71 Tom Hafey Francis Bourke
22/05/1976 Round 8 Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 26 Tom Hafey Francis Bourke
29/05/1976 Round 9 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 8 Tom Hafey Francis Bourke
05/06/1976 Round 10 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 12 Tom Hafey Francis Bourke
12/06/1976 Round 11 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 31 Tom Hafey Francis Bourke
19/06/1976 Round 12 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 56 Tom Hafey Francis Bourke
26/06/1976 Round 13 Geelong HOME WIN RIC by 4 Tom Hafey Francis Bourke
03/07/1976 Round 14 Collingwood HOME WIN RIC by 95 Tom Hafey Francis Bourke
10/07/1976 Round 15 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 5 Tom Hafey Francis Bourke
17/07/1976 Round 16 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 5 Tom Hafey Francis Bourke
24/07/1976 Round 17 Essendon AWAY WIN RIC by 43 Tom Hafey Francis Bourke
31/07/1976 Round 18 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 83 Tom Hafey Francis Bourke
07/08/1976 Round 19 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 30 Tom Hafey Francis Bourke
14/08/1976 Round 20 South Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 26 Tom Hafey Francis Bourke
21/08/1976 Round 21 Hawthorn AWAY WIN RIC by 32 Tom Hafey Francis Bourke
28/08/1976 Round 22 St Kilda HOME WIN RIC by 34 Tom Hafey Francis Bourke