1966 VFL Round 2: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 30 April 1966 between Richmond and Footscray during round 2 of the 1966 VFL season. Richmond hosted Footscray at 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
N. Crowe (capt.), B. Barrot, N. Busse, B. Cameron, D. Clay, D. Davenport, R. Dean, W. Dickeson, F. Dimattina, G. Gahan, T. Gowers, P. Guinane, P. Hogan, J. Northey, M. Patterson, K. Smith, G. Strang, F. Swift, B. Walford, R. Warner

Footscray
T. Whitten (capt.), J. Bradley, I. Bryant, G. Chalmers, G. Cook, K. Delmenico, G. Dowd, F. Fanning, K. Jackman, J. Jillard, A. Mannix, D. McKenzie, B. Pleitner, D. Prior, J. Schultz, P. Shanahan, K. Stevens, D. Thorpe, A. Vosilaitis, M. Zeuschner

Richmond (17.15.117) defeated Footscray (5.17.47).

Goalkickers
Richmond: F. Dimattina (5), P. Guinane (4), F. Swift (4), B. Barrot (2), D. Davenport, P. Hogan
Footscray: D. Prior (2), G. Cook, K. Jackman, A. Vosilaitis

As a result of this match, Richmond were then 4th on the ladder (up from 6th) and Footscray were then 10th on the ladder (down from 8th) by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Tom Hafey (Richmond), Ted Whitten (Footscray)
Captains: Neville Crowe (Richmond), Ted Whitten (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Sheales
Boundary Umpire: 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