1971 VFL Season Round 4: South Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 1971 between South Melbourne and Richmond during round four of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Richmond at Lakeside Oval. Bob Skilton captained the hosts. Roger Dean captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

South Melbourne (5.9.39) were defeated by Richmond (20.13.133).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: South Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 24 April 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 18,916

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 5.9.39 - 20.13.133

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 2 . 2 3 . 2 3 . 9 5 . 9 5 . 9 (39)
Richmond 2 . 3 8 . 6 17 . 10 20 . 13 20 . 13 (133)
Margin RICH by 1 RICH by 34 RICH by 85 RICH by 94 RICH by 94
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Norm Smith

Richmond

Captain: Roger Dean
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 4 0 3 3
32 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 3 0 1
28 Doyle, Robert ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 1 0 4
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 1 2
50 Haenen, Tony ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 1 0 2
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 1 1 21 14 7 3 0 1 1
2 Hug, Ernie ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 2 3
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 4 0 3 1
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 1 0 34 31 3 3 0 10 3
36 McHenry, Russell ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 0 0 2 2
6 Murphy, John ? ? 0 2 17 14 3 2 0 4 6
18 Page, Ron ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 2 1
21 Pitura, John ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 1
19 Prentice, Jim ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 0 0 3 2
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 2 0 3 5
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 6 0 2 2
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 2 1 27 18 9 2 0 4 2
20 Sudholz, John ? ? 0 2 11 7 4 4 0 0 2
30 Way, Fred ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 2 20 3 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 5 9 271 209 62 47 25 44 46

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 4 3 28 26 2 3 0 8 2
20 Beckwith, Bill ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 1 0 1 1
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 29 23 6 6 0 3 2
19 Boyanich, Ray ? ? 3 2 17 13 4 5 4 3 5
27 Burgin, Graham ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 2 4
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 2 0 3 2
3 Dean, Roger (c) ? ? 1 0 22 18 4 6 0 3 4
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 6 7 2 0
26 Greenslade, Malcolm ? ? 6 3 11 11 0 5 0 3 3
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 0 2 18 14 4 5 0 1 1
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 8 3 1 1
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 4
7 Moore, Eric ? ? 3 1 22 18 4 7 0 2 1
23 Nunan, Mike ? ? 3 0 21 13 8 1 0 4 2
52 Owen, Ian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 0 1
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 5 11 2 6
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 6 0 6 0
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 0 0 31 22 9 8 0 1 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 20 13 331 271 60 81 25 46 44

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