1966 VFL Season Round 2: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 30 April 1966 between Richmond and Footscray during round two of the 1966 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at the MCG. Neville Crowe captained the hosts. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Richmond (17.15.117) defeated Footscray (5.17.47).

Match Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 30 April 1966
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 28,596

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Footscray
Score: 17.15.117 - 5.17.47

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 1 . 7 5 . 10 10 . 13 17 . 15 17 . 15 (117)
Footscray 1 . 2 1 . 5 2 . 12 5 . 17 5 . 17 (47)
Margin RICH by 5 RICH by 29 RICH by 49 RICH by 70 RICH by 70
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Neville Crowe
Coach: Tom Hafey

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Boundary Umpires

L. Regan

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 2 0 24 22 2 6 0 1 0
16 Busse, Neil ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 3 0 1 0
30 Cameron, Barry ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 2 0 3 3
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 4 22 19 3 4 0 5 2
5 Crowe, Neville (c) ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 5 35 2 2
19 Davenport, Don ? ? 1 2 26 21 5 3 0 3 1
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 2 0 2 4
38 Dickeson, Wilf ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 0
32 Dimattina, Frank ? ? 5 1 20 13 7 1 0 2 4
10 Gahan, Graeme ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 2 0 3 1
6 Gowers, Trevor ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 4 0 2 1
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 4 3 11 10 1 4 9 3 1
23 Hogan, Peter ? ? 1 1 14 13 1 3 0 3 1
9 Northey, John ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 3 0 2 2
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 0
26 Smith, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 2 1
28 Strang, Geoff ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
15 Swift, Fred ? ? 4 2 11 11 0 3 0 2 4
13 Walford, Bill ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 1 3
14 Warner, Ross ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 5 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 15 278 239 39 53 47 39 31

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Bradley, John ? ? 0 2 9 7 2 0 1 0 0
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 8 0 3 2
27 Chalmers, Graeme ? ? 0 2 15 14 1 3 0 0 0
10 Cook, Graeme ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 6 1 0 0
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 3 1 0
35 Dowd, Greg ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Fanning, Frank ? ? 0 1 13 13 0 2 0 1 1
7 Jackman, Kevin ? ? 1 4 13 13 0 2 0 3 1
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 5 0 6 2
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 4 0 1 2
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 3 14 13 1 2 0 1 1
11 Pleitner, Bryan ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 3 5
2 Prior, Doug ? ? 2 1 12 11 1 6 0 2 2
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 4 17 1 4
21 Shanahan, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 1 0 0 2
4 Stevens, Kevin ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 5 3 2 3
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 2 12 12 0 1 0 3 3
34 Vosilaitis, Algy ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 1
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 6 0 4 4
1 Zeuschner, Murray ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 1 3 0 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 5 17 221 203 18 60 28 32 36

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