1970 VFL Round 3: Richmond v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 18 April 1970 between Richmond and Carlton during round 3 of the 1970 VFL season. Richmond hosted Carlton at MCG. Roger Dean captained the hosts. John Nicholls captained the visitors with Wes Lofts as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Richmond
R. Dean (capt.), K. Bartlett, C. Beard, G. Bond, F. Bourke, G. Burgin, D. Clay, P. Cloke, M. Green, R. Hart, T. Jewell, G. McInnes, E. Moore, J. Northey, I. Owen, D. Peardon, B. Richardson, K. Sheedy, K. Smythe, R. Thomas

Carlton
J. Nicholls (capt.), W. Lofts (vice-capt.), B. Armstrong, N. Chandler, B. Crosswell, B. Doull, B. Gill, K. Hall, T. Hopkins, P. Hurst, S. Jackson, A. Jesaulenko, P. Jones, D. McKay, I. Nicoll, J. O'Connell, P. Pinnell, I. Robertson, V. Waite, R. Walls

Richmond (17.12.114) defeated Carlton (15.11.101).

Goalkickers
Richmond: D. Clay (5), K. Bartlett (2), R. Dean (2), E. Moore (2), K. Smythe (2), F. Bourke, T. Jewell, G. McInnes, J. Northey
Carlton: A. Jesaulenko (6), S. Jackson (3), J. Nicholls (3), P. Jones (2), R. Walls

As a result of this match, Richmond were then 8th on the ladder (up from 10th) and Carlton remained 3rd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Richmond v Carlton
Date: Saturday 18 April 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 46,373

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Carlton
Score: 17.12.114 - 15.11.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 1 . 5 4 . 7 9 . 9 17 . 12 17 . 12 (114)
Carlton 6 . 3 9 . 7 11 . 9 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Margin CARL by 28 CARL by 30 CARL by 12 RICH by 13 RICH by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Tom Hafey (Richmond), Ron Barassi (Carlton)
Captains: Roger Dean (Richmond), John Nicholls (Carlton)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Richmond), Wes Lofts (Carlton)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Artso

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 2 1 23 23 0 4 0 1 0
16 Beard, Colin ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 3 1
44 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 1 19 18 1 2 0 4 0
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 1 1 31 29 2 3 0 7 2
27 Burgin, Graham ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 1 3
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 5 0 17 17 0 11 0 3 3
41 Cloke, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dean, Roger (c) ? ? 2 1 22 17 5 4 0 5 1
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 0 24 12 12 11 23 3 1
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 9 0 2 1
39 Jewell, Tony ? ? 1 1 18 17 1 5 1 2 1
20 McInnes, George ? ? 1 1 7 5 2 4 3 1 3
7 Moore, Eric ? ? 2 2 16 16 0 6 0 2 2
9 Northey, John ? ? 1 3 15 12 3 1 1 1 3
52 Owen, Ian ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 5 0 4 1
6 Peardon, Derek ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 0 0 4 3
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 4 0 5 2
26 Smythe, Keith ? ? 2 0 13 10 3 3 0 1 1
34 Thomas, Ron ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 12 311 261 50 78 28 51 30

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 0 1 23 23 0 4 0 2 5
22 Chandler, Neil ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 1 2
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 1 22 17 5 6 0 1 3
4 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 1 3
21 Gill, Barry ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 4 0 3 2
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 1 1
7 Hopkins, Ted ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 1 0 0 3
33 Hurst, Paul ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 3 1 14 14 0 3 0 3 6
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 6 5 27 25 2 9 0 2 3
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 2 0 8 6 2 4 10 2 4
20 Lofts, Wes (vc) ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 3 3
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 0 2
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 3 0 10 9 1 1 10 0 0
23 Nicoll, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 2 2
50 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 0 2
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 0 1 20 19 1 2 0 2 2
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 5 0 4 5
42 Walls, Robert ? ? 1 1 11 8 3 4 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 11 277 234 43 57 20 30 51

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