1970 VFL Season Round 7: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 1970 between Richmond and Geelong during round seven of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Geelong at the MCG. Royce Hart captained the hosts. Bill Goggin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Peter Pianto.

Richmond (16.20.116) defeated Geelong (15.2.92).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Richmond v Geelong
Date: Saturday 16 May 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 43,435

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Geelong
Score: 16.20.116 - 15.2.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 4 7 . 6 10 . 13 16 . 20 16 . 20 (116)
Geelong 4 . 1 9 . 2 14 . 2 15 . 2 15 . 2 (92)
Margin RICH by 3 GEEL by 8 GEEL by 13 RICH by 24 RICH by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Royce Hart
Coach: Tom Hafey

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: Peter Pianto

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
36 Ball, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 1 1
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 2 6 34 31 3 1 0 7 0
44 Bond, Graeme ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 4 0 0 1
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 2 0 4 4
19 Boyanich, Ray ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 5 15 2 2
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 2 5 22 15 7 3 0 3 1
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 1 2 23 22 1 5 0 3 4
37 Green, Mike ? ? 1 0 16 8 8 7 17 2 3
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 2 2 23 16 7 7 0 4 2
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 3 2 9 9 0 8 0 1 2
39 Jewell, Tony ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 2 1
7 Moore, Eric ? ? 1 2 10 9 1 2 0 0 2
12 Morrison, Paul ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 0 0
9 Northey, John ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 3 0
52 Owen, Ian ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 2
6 Peardon, Derek ? ? 1 0 26 21 5 2 0 2 4
32 Robbins, Graham ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 1
2 Ronaldson, John ? ? 2 0 16 6 10 4 4 0 3
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 3 0 4 2
28 Strang, Geoff ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 2 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 20 323 246 77 62 36 40 35

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 1 3
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 3 3 2
5 Evans, Phil ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 0 0 2 1
24 Gilmore, Tony ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 1 1
18 Gladman, Ken ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 4 1 5 3
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 4 0 28 23 5 5 0 2 2
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 8 7 1 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 2 0 22 19 3 6 0 5 5
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 2 0 12 7 5 4 4 1 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 11 12 2 4
2 Palfreyman, Stewart ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 2
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 0 24 24 0 8 0 1 0
29 Reid, Gordon ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 6 0 3 1
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 5 0 1 3
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 7 1 1 1
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 6 0 3 2
31 Smith, Phil ? ? 4 1 6 6 0 3 0 0 0
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 1 1
12 Wright, Jim ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 2 0 2 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 2 279 224 55 82 28 35 40

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