1969 VFL Round 20: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 30 August 1969 between Richmond and Footscray during round 20 of the 1969 VFL season. Richmond hosted Footscray at 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
R. Dean (capt.), B. Barrot, K. Bartlett, C. Beard, F. Bourke, M. Bowden, B. Brown, G. Burgin, D. Clay, M. Green, R. Hart, B. Miels, E. Moore, J. Northey, I. Owen, M. Perry, B. Richardson, J. Ronaldson, K. Sheedy, G. Strang

Footscray
T. Whitten (capt.), G. Bisset, I. Bryant, G. Casey, D. Darcy, G. Dempsey, K. Greenwood, R. Haynes, J. Jillard, T. Joniec, S. Magee, A. Mannix, I. Marsh, R. McGowan, G. Merrington, B. Quinlan, L. Rippon, B. Round, H. Skreja, D. Thorpe

Richmond (23.16.154) defeated Footscray (9.10.64).

Goalkickers
Richmond: B. Brown (5), J. Northey (4), B. Barrot (3), K. Bartlett (2), M. Bowden (2), F. Bourke, D. Clay, M. Green, R. Hart, E. Moore, M. Perry, J. Ronaldson
Footscray: G. Dempsey (4), D. Darcy, B. Quinlan, B. Round, H. Skreja, D. Thorpe

As a result of this match, Richmond remained 4th on the ladder and Footscray were then 11th on the ladder (down from 9th) by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Tom Hafey (Richmond), Ted Whitten (Footscray)
Captains: Roger Dean (Richmond), Ted Whitten (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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