1969 VFL Preliminary Final: Collingwood v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 20 September 1969 between Collingwood and Richmond in the preliminary final of the 1969 VFL season. Collingwood "hosted" Richmond at MCG. Des Tuddenham captained the hosts with Terry Waters as vice-captain. Roger Dean captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Collingwood
D. Tuddenham (capt.), T. Waters (vice-capt.), T. Alexander, J. Clifton, R. Dunne, B. Farmer, I. Graham, J. Greening, G. Jenkin, P. McKenna, B. McKenzie, D. O'Callaghan, T. Potter, B. Price, M. Richardson, W. Richardson, L. Thompson, M. Urquhart, R. Watt, D. Wheadon

Richmond
R. Dean (capt.), B. Barrot, K. Bartlett, C. Beard, G. Bond, F. Bourke, M. Bowden, B. Brown, G. Burgin, D. Clay, M. Green, R. Hart, R. Hunt, E. Moore, J. Northey, I. Owen, B. Richardson, J. Ronaldson, K. Sheedy, G. Strang

Collingwood (12.9.81) were defeated by Richmond (15.17.107).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: P. McKenna (6), B. Farmer (2), D. Wheadon (2), B. Price, D. Tuddenham
Richmond: K. Bartlett (4), E. Moore (4), B. Barrot (2), R. Dean (2), J. Ronaldson (2), R. Hart

As a result of this match, Collingwood were eliminated (finishing 3rd overall) and Richmond faced Carlton in the grand final.

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: Collingwood v Richmond
Date: Saturday 20 September 1969
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 107,279

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Richmond
Score: 12.9.81 - 15.17.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 4 . 2 7 . 6 8 . 8 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Richmond 3 . 2 6 . 12 13 . 14 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Margin COLL by 6 level RICH by 36 RICH by 26 RICH by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bob Rose (Collingwood), Tom Hafey (Richmond)
Captains: Des Tuddenham (Collingwood), Roger Dean (Richmond)
Vice-Captains: Terry Waters (Collingwood), unknown (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Jolley

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Alexander, Terry ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 3 0 1
42 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 3 0
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 2 17 16 1 6 2 2 3
11 Farmer, Bob ? ? 2 1 13 12 1 6 0 3 3
7 Graham, Ian ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 1 1
22 Greening, John ? ? 0 2 17 15 2 5 0 1 1
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 6 0 3
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 6 1 15 12 3 7 0 1 3
31 McKenzie, Brian ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 4 0 2 4
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 0 5 2
15 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 1 3
5 Price, Barry ? ? 1 1 18 13 5 4 0 1 0
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 0 3
3 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 0 1 25 24 1 6 0 4 2
28 Thompson, Len ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 3 14 5 3
1 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 1 0 5 1
19 Urquhart, Max ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 0
2 Waters, Terry (vc) ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 6 1 1 3
23 Watt, Ricky ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 3 0 3 2
4 Wheadon, David ? ? 2 0 15 14 1 6 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 9 277 235 42 76 26 39 40

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 2 1 17 16 1 2 0 0 0
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 4 3 25 23 2 3 0 7 2
16 Beard, Colin ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 5 0 1 2
44 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 2 28 24 4 7 1 1 8
11 Bowden, Michael ? ? 0 0 12 4 8 1 1 1 1
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 1 3
27 Burgin, Graham ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 1 5
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 2 23 22 1 7 0 1 4
3 Dean, Roger (c) ? ? 2 2 26 21 5 8 0 5 0
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 0 26 18 8 14 12 4 3
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 1 1 15 13 2 9 0 2 1
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Moore, Eric ? ? 4 1 8 7 1 4 0 1 1
9 Northey, John ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 3 0 2 2
52 Owen, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 1 2
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 3 0
2 Ronaldson, John ? ? 2 1 12 11 1 5 5 1 1
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 6 2
28 Strang, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 4 0 2 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 15 17 293 239 54 83 19 40 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