1979 VFL Season: Richmond

Season Team Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Team: Richmond
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 9-0-13, P%: 97.6%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 41
Brownlow Leader(s): David Cloke, Michael Roach (9)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Michael Roach (90)
Jack Dyer Medal Recipient(s): Barry Rowlings

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Kevin Bartlett

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bain, Frank #49 2 R03-R04 0
Balme, Neil #21 2 R10, R13 0
Bartlett, Kevin #29 22 R01-R22 36
Berry, Jeff #49 8 R01-R02, R12-R15, R18, R21 0
Bottams, Phillip #38 10 R13-R22 0
Bourke, Francis #30 22 R01-R22 8
Cloke, David #33 21 R01, R03-R22 57
Considine, Craig #39 7 R14, R16-R21 1
Dunne, Emmett #5 19 R01-R10, R14-R22 25
Edwards, Allan #17 4 R02-R05 1
Freame, Daryl #44 6 R03, R06-R09, R22 1
Heard, Bob #15 20 R01, R03-R10, R12-R22 0
Jenkinson, Noel #37 5 R01-R03, R08-R09 0
Jess, Jim #20 18 R01-R06, R08-R15, R18-R20, R22 2
Keane, Merv #18 19 R02-R03, R06-R22 3
Kershaw, Kim #41 2 R05, R11 0
Landy, Graeme #34 4 R18-R19, R21-R22 2
Laughlin, Peter #25 3 R04, R17, R22 2
Lee, Mark #1 17 R01-R04, R08-R12, R14-R21 0
Leech, Eric #25 4 R01, R07-R09 0
Malthouse, Mick #7 10 R01-R09, R16 1
McMillan, Geoff #42 8 R04-R07, R10-R13 0
Monteath, Bruce #11 22 R01-R22 19
Mount, Stephen #6 9 R01-R02, R06-R09, R18-R20 6
Naylor, Greg #13 7 R05-R07, R10-R11, R17, R21 2
Oborne, Rod #23 3 R14-R16 5
Parkes, Gary #32 4 R01-R04 4
Raines, Geoff #4 21 R02-R22 12
Roach, Michael #8 19 R01-R07, R10, R12-R22 90
Robertson, Graeme #24 14 R05-R11, R15-R17, R19-R22 1
Rowlings, Barry #22 18 R05-R22 14
Scrimshaw, Ian #36 6 R10-R11, R18-R20, R22 3
Sheedy, Kevin #10 4 R01-R02, R04-R05 0
Strachan, Greg #19 4 R05, R11-R13 2
Tempany, Bruce #14 20 R01-R17, R20-R22 14
Trotter, Barrie #51 2 R13-R14 0
Weightman, Dale #3 15 R01-R02, R07, R11-R22 19
Wiley, Robert #2 9 R01-R04, R08-R12 7
Williams, Peter #28 7 R06, R12-R17 1
Williams, Shane #9 2 R11-R12 0
Wood, Bryan #16 21 R01-R13, R15-R22 13

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)
Jewell, Tony 22 9 -0- 13 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
07/04/1979 Round 1 South Melbourne AWAY WIN RIC by 14 Tony Jewell Kevin Bartlett
16/04/1979 Round 2 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 51 Tony Jewell Kevin Bartlett
21/04/1979 Round 3 Fitzroy HOME WIN RIC by 20 Tony Jewell Kevin Bartlett
25/04/1979 Round 4 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 10 Tony Jewell Kevin Bartlett
05/05/1979 Round 5 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 79 Tony Jewell Kevin Bartlett
12/05/1979 Round 6 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 5 Tony Jewell Kevin Bartlett
19/05/1979 Round 7 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 12 Tony Jewell Kevin Bartlett
26/05/1979 Round 8 Footscray HOME WIN RIC by 73 Tony Jewell Kevin Bartlett
02/06/1979 Round 9 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 52 Tony Jewell Kevin Bartlett
09/06/1979 Round 10 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 26 Tony Jewell Kevin Bartlett
18/06/1979 Round 11 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 24 Tony Jewell Kevin Bartlett
23/06/1979 Round 12 South Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 56 Tony Jewell Kevin Bartlett
30/06/1979 Round 13 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 56 Tony Jewell Kevin Bartlett
07/07/1979 Round 14 Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 44 Tony Jewell Kevin Bartlett
15/07/1979 Round 15 Fitzroy AWAY WIN RIC by 17 Tony Jewell Kevin Bartlett
21/07/1979 Round 16 Hawthorn AWAY WIN RIC by 15 Tony Jewell Kevin Bartlett
28/07/1979 Round 17 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 13 Tony Jewell Kevin Bartlett
04/08/1979 Round 18 St Kilda HOME WIN RIC by 71 Tony Jewell Kevin Bartlett
11/08/1979 Round 19 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 56 Tony Jewell Kevin Bartlett
18/08/1979 Round 20 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 20 Tony Jewell Kevin Bartlett
25/08/1979 Round 21 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 26 Tony Jewell Kevin Bartlett
01/09/1979 Round 22 Essendon AWAY WIN RIC by 59 Tony Jewell Kevin Bartlett