1967 VFL Season Round 2: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 22 April 1967 between Footscray and Richmond during round two of the 1967 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Richmond at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Fred Swift captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Footscray (12.6.78) defeated Richmond (8.22.70).

Match Details

Season: 1967 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 22 April 1967
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 19,286

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Richmond
Score: 12.6.78 - 8.22.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 0 8 . 2 8 . 3 12 . 6 12 . 6 (78)
Richmond 3 . 7 4 . 9 5 . 21 8 . 22 8 . 22 (70)
Margin RICH by 13 FOOT by 17 level FOOT by 8 FOOT by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Richmond

Captain: Fred Swift
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Perkins

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 1 1 22 22 0 2 0 2 0
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 1 0
27 Chalmers, Graeme ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 2 0 2 5
10 Cook, Graeme ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 3 0 0 2
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 1 6
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 3 12 1 4
28 Fincher, Noel ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 2 1
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 5 6 1 2
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 3 0 5 2
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 1 0 1 7
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 2 0
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 1
26 Patterson, Dallas ? ? 5 1 10 10 0 5 0 2 2
11 Pleitner, Bryan ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Prior, Doug ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
32 Reilly, John ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 4 0 0 0
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 6 1 0
36 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 3 3 17 17 0 1 0 4 2
4 Stevens, Kevin ? ? 1 0 6 6 0 3 13 1 4
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 1 0 17 13 4 6 0 4 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 6 215 197 18 54 37 31 41

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 0 1 17 16 1 3 1 4 0
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 2 5 22 21 1 2 0 1 3
27 Burgin, Graham ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 5 0 3 0
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 1 0 11 11 0 2 0 2 0
5 Crowe, Neville ? ? 1 1 14 13 1 4 23 6 3
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 7 0 1 5
32 Dimattina, Frank ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 0 0 3 3
21 Erwin, Mick ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 2 2
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 1
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 1 4 18 16 2 9 0 0 1
9 Northey, John ? ? 2 5 18 15 3 1 0 6 2
33 Perry, John ? ? 0 1 13 13 0 5 0 0 1
22 Perry, Mike ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 4 0 0 2
12 Richardson, Alan ? ? 0 2 23 14 9 10 4 3 1
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
2 Ronaldson, John ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 7 1 1
18 Shinners, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 0 2 1
28 Strang, Geoff ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 0 0
15 Swift, Fred (c) ? ? 0 1 17 14 3 3 0 6 5
36 Teague, Barry ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 8 22 261 233 28 66 35 41 31

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