1970 VFL Season Round 1: Richmond v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 5 April 1970 between Richmond and Fitzroy during round one of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Roger Dean captained the hosts. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Richmond (14.12.96) were defeated by Fitzroy (16.20.116).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Richmond v Fitzroy
Date: Sunday 5 April 1970
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 38,617

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Fitzroy
Score: 14.12.96 - 16.20.116

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 4 6 . 7 9 . 10 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Fitzroy 3 . 3 5 . 8 11 . 14 16 . 20 16 . 20 (116)
Margin RICH by 1 RICH by 5 FITZ by 16 FITZ by 20 FITZ by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Roger Dean
Coach: Tom Hafey

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 0 1 23 20 3 5 0 5 8
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 1 24 23 1 7 0 4 1
16 Beard, Colin ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 2 0
44 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 0
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 27 23 4 9 0 5 3
11 Bowden, Michael ? ? 2 0 15 6 9 3 1 1 2
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 2 0 10 5 5 1 0 1 2
27 Burgin, Graham ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 1 0 3
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 2 18 16 2 7 0 3 0
3 Dean, Roger (c) ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 3 1
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 12 22 0 2
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 0 3 15 11 4 7 0 2 2
39 Jewell, Tony ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0
7 Moore, Eric ? ? 6 2 11 10 1 5 0 1 0
9 Northey, John ? ? 3 1 21 16 5 6 0 2 1
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 5 0 2 2
2 Ronaldson, John ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 2 4 0 0
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 1 0 2 1
28 Strang, Geoff ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 1 1 0
34 Thomas, Ron ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 0 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 12 281 230 51 85 29 35 30

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 8 1 2 7
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 1 1 15 10 5 3 17 2 0
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 2 20 0 1
19 Herrod, Darryl ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 1 0 1 3
35 Hodgkin, Bob ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 1 2
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 1 2 21 18 3 7 0 2 1
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 2 28 22 6 5 0 1 0
5 Murphy, John ? ? 2 3 26 23 3 6 0 2 2
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 1 20 15 5 5 1 2 3
20 Newnham, John ? ? 1 3 19 15 4 1 0 2 3
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0
16 Peoples, Daryl ? ? 2 1 23 17 6 5 0 3 4
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 2 0 5 5 0 4 0 0 1
28 Shanahan, Paul ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Shearer, Graeme ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 2 0 2 1
24 Sykes, Bill ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 1 2
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 2 1 16 10 6 2 0 1 1
33 Wall, David ? ? 4 5 21 21 0 10 0 4 2
30 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 3 1
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 7 1 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 20 323 251 72 73 40 30 35

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