1969 VFL Season Round 9: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 31 May 1969 between Footscray and Richmond during round nine of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Richmond at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Roger Dean captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Footscray (8.13.61) defeated Richmond (7.8.50).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 31 May 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 8,529

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Richmond
Score: 8.13.61 - 7.8.50

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 2 3 . 5 5 . 8 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Richmond 3 . 4 5 . 6 6 . 6 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Margin RICH by 8 RICH by 13 RICH by 4 FOOT by 11 FOOT by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Richmond

Captain: Roger Dean
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Hayes

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 1 1 26 22 4 3 0 5 2
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 6 0 2 1
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 6 0 0 2
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
17 Haynes, Ray ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 2 0 6 3
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 3 0 3 3
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 1 29 25 4 2 0 2 3
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 2
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 1 0 18 18 0 5 0 5 3
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 3 0 9 8 1 2 0 1 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 3 0 5 3
39 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 2 1
32 Reilly, John ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 4 0 3 1
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 4 1 2
14 Round, Barry ? ? 1 2 6 6 0 2 0 1 3
37 Skreja, Harry ? ? 0 3 8 7 1 0 0 3 2
7 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 0 1 19 16 3 2 0 6 4
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 38 33 5 9 0 8 4
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 7 12 4 3
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 2 2 18 12 6 8 0 1 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 8 13 306 269 37 70 16 58 47

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 0 27 26 1 8 0 4 2
44 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 4 0 1 2
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 4 0 4 3
11 Bowden, Michael ? ? 0 0 21 6 15 3 0 1 5
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 1 0 22 20 2 7 0 2 5
3 Dean, Roger (c) ? ? 0 0 33 27 6 5 0 7 4
15 Ferguson, John ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 5 16 2 3
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 1 2 18 11 7 3 0 2 3
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 3 1 9 9 0 4 0 2 2
1 Jewell, Tony ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 1 3
38 Judd, Wayne ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 2 0 4 6
20 McInnes, George ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 5 8 2 6
6 Peardon, Derek ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 5 0 2 1
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 1
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 22 22 0 6 0 7 2
26 Smythe, Keith ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 0 0 2 4
28 Strang, Geoff ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 1 3
34 Thomas, Ron ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 2 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 7 8 309 254 55 69 24 47 58

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