1969 VFL Season Round 20: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 30 August 1969 between Richmond and Footscray during round twenty of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at the MCG. Roger Dean captained the hosts. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Richmond (23.16.154) defeated Footscray (9.10.64).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 30 August 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 33,591

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Footscray
Score: 23.16.154 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 3 11 . 8 18 . 13 23 . 16 23 . 16 (154)
Footscray 1 . 3 2 . 4 6 . 7 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Margin RICH by 18 RICH by 58 RICH by 78 RICH by 90 RICH by 90
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Roger Dean
Coach: Tom Hafey

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 3 4 29 25 4 9 0 1 7
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 2 3 28 28 0 8 0 1 1
16 Beard, Colin ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 1 1
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 1 0 21 16 5 2 1 2 3
11 Bowden, Michael ? ? 2 0 18 10 8 5 0 0 6
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 5 2 19 16 3 5 0 1 0
27 Burgin, Graham ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 1 3
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 1 1 22 19 3 6 0 1 3
3 Dean, Roger (c) ? ? 0 1 31 26 5 8 0 4 1
37 Green, Mike ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 5 18 2 1
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 1 0 24 21 3 9 0 2 2
23 Miels, Brenton ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 0
7 Moore, Eric ? ? 1 4 16 14 2 8 0 1 0
9 Northey, John ? ? 4 0 12 10 2 3 0 1 1
52 Owen, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 1 1
22 Perry, Mike ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 2 9 3 3
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 3 0 2 1
2 Ronaldson, John ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 4 5 1 0
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 28 24 4 5 0 6 6
28 Strang, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 3 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 23 16 345 290 55 97 33 33 42

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 0 1 27 22 5 3 0 2 0
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 2 4
34 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 1
15 Darcy, David ? ? 1 2 16 14 2 7 0 1 4
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 4 1 13 12 1 9 11 2 4
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 1 3 1
17 Haynes, Ray ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 3 0 3 1
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 6 0 2 2
41 Joniec, Tad ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 3 3
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 4 0 5 2
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 3 0 4 2
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 0 3
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 0 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 1 14 14 0 6 1 1 1
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 4 4 0 2
14 Round, Barry ? ? 1 2 7 6 1 5 1 1 1
37 Skreja, Harry ? ? 1 2 9 9 0 1 0 1 0
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 1 1 19 18 1 9 0 5 1
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 4 0 6 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 10 267 238 29 78 18 42 33

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