1967 VFL Season Round 7: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 27 May 1967 between Richmond and Geelong during round seven of the 1967 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Geelong at the MCG. Fred Swift captained the hosts. Graham Farmer captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Peter Pianto.

Richmond (18.11.119) defeated Geelong (12.9.81).

Match Details

Season: 1967 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Richmond v Geelong
Date: Saturday 27 May 1967
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 50,348

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Geelong
Score: 18.11.119 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 3 8 . 5 16 . 8 18 . 11 18 . 11 (119)
Geelong 4 . 4 8 . 5 9 . 7 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Margin GEEL by 1 level RICH by 43 RICH by 38 RICH by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Fred Swift
Coach: Tom Hafey

Geelong

Captain: Graham Farmer
Coach: Peter Pianto

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 1 0 17 16 1 2 0 3 3
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 0 22 22 0 2 0 3 2
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 1 18 16 2 3 0 2 0
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 7 0 0 2
5 Crowe, Neville ? ? 2 0 7 7 0 4 17 2 1
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 3 1
21 Erwin, Mick ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 0 3 3
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 4 5 16 15 1 8 0 3 1
39 Jewell, Tony ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 1 1
9 Northey, John ? ? 2 0 14 11 3 1 0 2 0
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 4 1 10 9 1 4 18 1 4
22 Perry, Mike ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 8 1 3 1
12 Richardson, Alan ? ? 1 1 19 13 6 2 3 1 4
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 2 1 17 13 4 6 0 4 1
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 1 0 24 19 5 6 0 5 2
18 Shinners, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 1 1
15 Swift, Fred (c) ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 6 0 2 2
14 Warner, Ross ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 11 286 241 45 74 39 39 30

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 1 21 20 1 4 0 1 1
33 Barr, Alan ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 3 3
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 8 0 1 0
19 Davies, John ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 0
16 Eales, Colin ? ? 1 1 17 15 2 5 0 1 2
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 1 1
5 Farmer, Graham (c) ? ? 0 0 25 16 9 10 19 1 3
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 0 2 28 24 4 1 0 4 3
11 Hosking, Ron ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 8 0 1 3
2 Marshall, Denis ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 6 0 1 4
8 Mitchell, Chris ? ? 3 0 15 12 3 9 7 4 1
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 4 14 13 1 5 0 2 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 5 19 4 3
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 1 19 17 2 7 0 1 2
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 0 1
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 4 0 1 1
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 6 0 8 7 1 3 0 3 3
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 1 3
31 West, Roy ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 9 298 252 46 91 45 30 39

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