1971 VFL Season Round 1: Fitzroy v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 3 April 1971 between Fitzroy and Richmond during round one of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Richmond at Junction Oval. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. Roger Dean captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Donaldson and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Fitzroy (14.15.99) were defeated by Richmond (22.18.150).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Fitzroy v Richmond
Date: Saturday 3 April 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 18,386

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Richmond
Score: 14.15.99 - 22.18.150

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 3 6 . 6 8 . 6 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Richmond 6 . 3 11 . 6 20 . 16 22 . 18 22 . 18 (150)
Margin RICH by 24 RICH by 30 RICH by 82 RICH by 51 RICH by 51
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Richmond

Captain: Roger Dean
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Goal Umpires

K. Barker

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 2 2 17 14 3 5 0 2 3
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 6 7 4 3
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 4 22 1 7
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 2 0
30 Ellis, Peter ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 2
25 Hobbs, Colin ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 1 0 1 2
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 2 22 16 6 6 0 1 1
4 McKenzie, Barry ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 2 4 0 1
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 2 0
5 Murphy, John ? ? 3 2 20 18 2 4 0 3 1
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 5 0 2 1
20 Newnham, John ? ? 1 1 13 13 0 2 0 3 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 2 0 4 4 0 1 0 2 0
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 1 25 23 2 7 0 3 1
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 2 3 19 14 5 11 0 3 0
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 2 0 10 9 1 7 0 2 1
24 Sykes, Bill ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 5 0 2 5
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 1 0 3 2
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 0 1 6
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 1 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 15 269 225 44 81 38 40 38

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 6 2 20 19 1 2 0 2 4
16 Beard, Colin ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 0 1
24 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 1 0 0 4
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 1 0 19 18 1 3 0 6 4
11 Bowden, Michael ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 1
19 Boyanich, Ray ? ? 1 0 13 6 7 7 6 1 2
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 4 1 12 10 2 1 0 2 2
27 Burgin, Graham ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 3 0 3 2
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 4 23 22 1 8 0 2 2
3 Dean, Roger (c) ? ? 3 2 22 18 4 4 0 4 2
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 2 2 1
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 4 8 18 15 3 5 0 4 0
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 9 5 1 3
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 Moore, Eric ? ? 1 0 17 16 1 6 0 4 1
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 5 1 1 3
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 3 6 3 1
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 1 1 3
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 0 1 27 25 2 7 0 1 1
28 Strang, Geoff ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 1 0 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 22 18 284 244 40 75 22 38 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