1968 VFL Round 3: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1968 between Richmond and Geelong during round 3 of the 1968 VFL season. Richmond hosted Geelong at MCG. Paddy Guinane captained the hosts. Bill Goggin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Peter Pianto.

Richmond
P. Guinane (capt.), B. Barrot, K. Bartlett, G. Bond, F. Bourke, M. Bowden, B. Brown, G. Burgin, D. Clay, M. Erwin, M. Green, T. Jewell, E. Moore, J. Northey, M. Patterson, M. Perry, A. Richardson, B. Richardson, K. Shinners, W. Walsh

Geelong
B. Goggin (capt.), G. Ainsworth, G. Andrews, W. Closter, T. Farman, K. Gladman, I. Hampshire, R. Hosking, G. Hynes, C. Mitchell, K. Newland, S. Newman, T. Polinelli, G. Rosenow, B. Ryan, J. Scarlett, J. Sharrock, P. Stevens, D. Wade, P. Walker

Richmond (10.15.75) were defeated by Geelong (17.21.123).

Goalkickers
Richmond: P. Guinane (4), K. Bartlett (2), B. Brown, M. Green, A. Richardson, B. Richardson
Geelong: G. Andrews (4), K. Newland (4), D. Wade (4), K. Gladman, B. Goggin, B. Ryan, J. Sharrock, P. Stevens

As a result of this match, Richmond were then 5th on the ladder (down from 2nd) and Geelong were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 8th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Richmond v Geelong
Date: Thursday 25 April 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 52,115

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Geelong
Score: 10.15.75 - 17.21.123

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 6 . 3 7 . 6 8 . 10 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Geelong 4 . 4 9 . 8 13 . 14 17 . 21 17 . 21 (123)
Margin RICH by 11 GEEL by 14 GEEL by 34 GEEL by 48 GEEL by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Tom Hafey (Richmond), Peter Pianto (Geelong)
Captains: Paddy Guinane (Richmond), Bill Goggin (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Deller

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 2 6
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 2 1 20 19 1 1 1 2 0
44 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 0 0 1 1
11 Bowden, Michael ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 1
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 1 2 13 10 3 1 0 2 2
27 Burgin, Graham ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 0 0 0
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 22 22 0 9 0 1 0
21 Erwin, Mick ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 1 2 3
37 Green, Mike ? ? 1 2 7 7 0 2 13 2 1
1 Guinane, Paddy (c) ? ? 4 1 5 5 0 3 0 2 0
39 Jewell, Tony ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 1 0
7 Moore, Eric ? ? 0 2 15 10 5 3 0 2 0
9 Northey, John ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 0 0 1 1
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 5 21 1 5
22 Perry, Mike ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 1 0
12 Richardson, Alan ? ? 1 0 8 3 5 2 3 2 2
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 1 4 14 11 3 7 1 0 1
18 Shinners, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 2 0
41 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 0 2 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 15 225 190 35 53 40 26 23

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 4 0 1 0
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 4 1 13 13 0 7 1 2 1
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 1 27 27 0 8 0 5 0
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 1 0 1 1
18 Gladman, Ken ? ? 1 1 17 17 0 5 0 0 0
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 1 3 31 24 7 4 0 0 2
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1
11 Hosking, Ron ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 0 2
12 Hynes, Gordon ? ? 0 2 17 17 0 3 0 2 1
8 Mitchell, Chris ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 4 3 13 13 0 6 4 1 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 11 14 2 2
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 1 13 13 0 1 0 1 2
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 22 22 0 7 0 0 2
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 1 0 15 15 0 8 6 3 1
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 1
10 Sharrock, John ? ? 1 2 17 17 0 6 2 1 0
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 1 1 9 9 0 1 0 2 1
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 4 5 16 16 0 10 0 1 4
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 1 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 21 292 281 11 86 29 23 26

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