1969 VFL Round 15: Richmond v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 July 1969 between Richmond and South Melbourne during round 15 of the 1969 VFL season. Richmond hosted South Melbourne at MCG. Roger Dean captained the hosts. John Rantall captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Richmond
R. Dean (capt.), B. Barrot, K. Bartlett, F. Bourke, M. Bowden, B. Brown, D. Clay, J. Ferguson, M. Green, R. Hart, R. Hunt, T. Jewell, W. Judd, I. Owen, J. Perry, M. Perry, B. Richardson, J. Ronaldson, K. Sheedy, G. Strang

South Melbourne
J. Rantall (capt.), K. Baskin, P. Bedford, S. Bennett, R. Cook, R. Cooper, T. Haenen, P. Harrison, S. Hoffman, G. Jacobs, G. Lambert, T. Leahy, H. McAuliffe, D. McLeish, J. Pitura, A. Richardson, J. Sudholz, W. Walsh, F. Way, R. Wetzel

Richmond (22.12.144) defeated South Melbourne (11.11.77).

Goalkickers
Richmond: R. Dean (4), R. Hunt (4), F. Bourke (3), R. Hart (3), B. Barrot (2), B. Brown (2), W. Judd (2), M. Green, T. Jewell
South Melbourne: K. Baskin (2), A. Richardson (2), J. Sudholz (2), P. Bedford, S. Bennett, S. Hoffman, J. Pitura, J. Rantall

As a result of this match, Richmond remained 5th on the ladder and South Melbourne remained 10th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Richmond v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 19 July 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 21,959

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. South Melbourne
Score: 22.12.144 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 5 . 5 12 . 6 18 . 9 22 . 12 22 . 12 (144)
South Melbourne 0 . 2 3 . 2 6 . 6 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin RICH by 33 RICH by 58 RICH by 75 RICH by 67 RICH by 67
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Tom Hafey (Richmond), Norm Smith (South Melbourne)
Captains: Roger Dean (Richmond), John Rantall (South Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Artso

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 2 1 25 22 3 7 0 1 1
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 1 0 2 4
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 3 0 22 20 2 9 0 1 3
11 Bowden, Michael ? ? 0 0 27 13 14 9 0 3 0
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 2 2 16 11 5 2 0 1 1
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 29 26 3 12 0 0 2
3 Dean, Roger (c) ? ? 4 0 23 15 8 9 0 1 2
15 Ferguson, John ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 0 2 1 1
37 Green, Mike ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 6 11 0 2
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 3 1 19 17 2 6 0 3 6
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 4 5 11 10 1 6 0 1 3
1 Jewell, Tony ? ? 1 1 21 18 3 8 1 1 0
38 Judd, Wayne ? ? 2 0 8 7 1 0 0 1 4
52 Owen, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 1 1 1
33 Perry, John ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 1
22 Perry, Mike ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 9 0 1 1
2 Ronaldson, John ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 2 13 1 1
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 26 24 2 9 0 2 3
28 Strang, Geoff ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 8 0 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 22 12 328 258 70 105 29 25 37

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 2 0 25 20 5 2 0 1 0
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 1 0 19 13 6 3 0 1 2
31 Bennett, Stuart ? ? 1 0 10 4 6 2 6 1 0
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 1 21 16 5 9 1 1 1
43 Cooper, Reuben ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 1 1
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 6 0 1 2
18 Harrison, Paul ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 3 1
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 1 1 15 10 5 1 0 0 1
15 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 5 1
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 4 0 3 0
19 Leahy, Terry ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 2 2 4 1
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 0 0 5 0
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 0 1
21 Pitura, John ? ? 1 3 11 10 1 3 0 1 4
5 Rantall, John (c) ? ? 1 0 16 15 1 3 0 1 1
24 Richardson, Alan ? ? 2 3 26 15 11 5 0 2 1
20 Sudholz, John ? ? 2 1 8 6 2 6 0 1 5
10 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 24 21 3 7 0 4 2
30 Way, Fred ? ? 0 1 14 9 5 2 16 2 1
38 Wetzel, Ron ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 11 291 224 67 62 25 37 25

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