1967 VFL Season Round 1: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 15 April 1967 between Richmond and Essendon during round one of the 1967 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at the MCG. Fred Swift captained the hosts. Ken Fraser captained the visitors with Johnny Birt as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by John Coleman.

Richmond (15.20.110) defeated Essendon (11.9.75).

Match Details

Season: 1967 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 15 April 1967
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 56,387

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 15.20.110 - 11.9.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 7 4 . 11 9 . 16 15 . 20 15 . 20 (110)
Essendon 0 . 3 4 . 5 6 . 6 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Margin RICH by 22 RICH by 6 RICH by 28 RICH by 35 RICH by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Fred Swift
Coach: Tom Hafey

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fraser
Vice-Captain: Johnny Birt
Coach: John Coleman

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 5 1 25 24 1 7 0 3 2
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 3 23 23 0 3 0 1 0
27 Burgin, Graham ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 1 5
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 2 0 21 18 3 5 0 0 2
5 Crowe, Neville ? ? 1 1 18 13 5 4 28 1 2
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 0 1 16 16 0 1 0 2 1
32 Dimattina, Frank ? ? 0 2 14 14 0 3 0 2 1
21 Erwin, Mick ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 5 0 1 1
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 0 1
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 3 7 15 14 1 10 0 0 2
7 Moore, Eric ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
9 Northey, John ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 2 0 2 0
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
33 Perry, John ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 4 0 1 1
22 Perry, Mike ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 4 0 0 1
12 Richardson, Alan ? ? 0 1 21 11 10 1 1 1 3
2 Ronaldson, John ? ? 2 2 12 10 2 7 9 0 0
18 Shinners, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 1 0
28 Strang, Geoff ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 4 4
15 Swift, Fred (c) ? ? 0 2 12 12 0 4 0 2 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 20 280 247 33 71 41 22 29

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Birt, Johnny (vc) ? ? 2 0 19 14 5 1 0 2 1
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 1 0
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 2 0 2 0
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 3 0 2 2
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 1 0 20 16 4 3 0 3 1
30 Ellis, John ? ? 2 4 12 12 0 4 0 3 4
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 0 0 0 2
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 8 0 2 1
27 Forsyth, Jim ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 6 0 2 1
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 2 0
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 5 0 2 0
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 1 0 10 10 0 4 16 2 1
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 0
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 2 1 12 11 1 3 0 3 0
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 2 2 2
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 4 0 0 0
5 Shaw, David ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 2 0 0 2
12 Thompson, Bill ? ? 1 1 9 9 0 4 0 1 3
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 2 3 3 0 1 2 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 9 237 213 24 61 22 29 21

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