1970 VFL Season Round 21: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 22 August 1970 between Richmond and Essendon during round twenty-one of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at the MCG. Roger Dean captained the hosts. Barry Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Jack Clarke.

Richmond (23.13.151) defeated Essendon (11.11.77).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 22 August 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 25,862

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 23.13.151 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 4 13 . 7 16 . 11 23 . 13 23 . 13 (151)
Essendon 2 . 1 7 . 2 9 . 5 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin RICH by 3 RICH by 41 RICH by 48 RICH by 74 RICH by 74
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Roger Dean
Coach: Tom Hafey

Essendon

Captain: Barry Davis
Coach: Jack Clarke

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 3 0 8 4 4 1 4 0 3
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 4 2 36 31 5 8 0 3 2
16 Beard, Colin ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 5 1
44 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 3 1 1 1
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 1 32 24 8 5 1 6 0
19 Boyanich, Ray ? ? 1 0 7 3 4 2 10 1 1
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 1 3 24 15 9 7 0 2 6
27 Burgin, Graham ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 2
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 5 4 27 24 3 9 0 6 6
54 Craig, Ian ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dean, Roger (c) ? ? 0 1 24 15 9 6 1 1 4
37 Green, Mike ? ? 1 0 18 4 14 7 20 0 5
57 Hollick, Greg ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 6 0 2 1
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 8 1 0 1
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 4 3
23 Miels, Brenton ? ? 1 0 18 18 0 6 0 1 5
7 Moore, Eric ? ? 5 1 13 11 2 4 0 0 2
9 Northey, John ? ? 2 1 9 7 2 1 0 0 2
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 2 1
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 23 13 325 248 77 85 38 37 46

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
37 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 4 0 14 13 1 7 0 1 3
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 20 20 0 6 0 5 0
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 2 0 1 2
30 Ellis, John ? ? 2 1 13 7 6 5 0 0 2
41 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 2 5 4 1 1 0 0 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 2 0 0 3
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 5 0 4 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 1 1 18 16 2 3 0 1 3
4 Grainger, Gary ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 10 13 3 0
2 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 0 0 29 25 4 5 0 4 4
15 Gross, Don ? ? 1 1 28 21 7 4 0 3 1
44 Halley, Len ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 5 1 2 5
40 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 1 13 7 6 5 7 0 2
8 Neish, Bruce ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 1 0 6 4
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 1 1 15 14 1 8 0 3 0
9 Pirouet, Bryan ? ? 0 2 8 8 0 1 0 1 2
39 Starbuck, David ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 8 0 4 2
51 Talbot, Sandy ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 4 0
22 Williams, John ? ? 1 1 22 17 5 7 0 4 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 11 315 258 57 89 21 46 37

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