1969 VFL Season 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 fifteen of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted South Melbourne at the 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 (22.12.144) defeated South Melbourne (11.11.77).

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

Richmond

Captain: Roger Dean
Coach: Tom Hafey

South Melbourne

Captain: John Rantall
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

Links

1969 VFL Season

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