1971 VFL Season Round 5: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 1 May 1971 between Richmond and Footscray during round five of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at the MCG. Roger Dean captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Richmond (14.17.101) were defeated by Footscray (17.19.121).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 1 May 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 23,758

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Footscray
Score: 14.17.101 - 17.19.121

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 1 7 . 4 10 . 12 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Footscray 8 . 6 12 . 10 16 . 14 17 . 19 17 . 19 (121)
Margin FOOT by 35 FOOT by 36 FOOT by 38 FOOT by 20 FOOT by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Roger Dean
Coach: Tom Hafey

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Hayes

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 4 25 25 0 3 0 5 1
20 Beckwith, Bill ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 0
24 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 1 0 5 3
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 6 0 3 2
19 Boyanich, Ray ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 9 4 3
27 Burgin, Graham ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 4 0 0 3
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 2 14 14 0 6 0 0 3
3 Dean, Roger (c) ? ? 3 1 21 16 5 5 0 4 2
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 4 3 2 0
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 3 0 19 17 2 7 0 4 1
18 Hollick, Greg ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 3 2 12 12 0 8 0 2 0
33 Kelly, Frank ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 0
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 1 2
7 Moore, Eric ? ? 1 4 16 13 3 8 0 1 2
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 0 4 0
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 1 9 9 0 0 12 4 4
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 0
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 3 0 3 2
35 Tschirpig, Bruce ? ? 1 3 17 14 3 0 0 5 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 17 258 226 32 65 24 50 29

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Austin, Graeme ? ? 2 1 8 7 1 1 0 0 4
6 Bisset, George ? ? 1 1 25 24 1 5 0 4 3
26 Brown, Don ? ? 3 3 10 10 0 3 0 0 2
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 0 3 3
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 7 0 2 2
35 Lake, Bruce ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 2 3 27 17 10 4 0 4 6
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 1 5
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 1 6
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 6 0 1 2
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 5 16 16 0 10 0 0 1
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 4 3 0
45 Rohde, Bruce ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 2 0
14 Round, Barry ? ? 2 0 13 8 5 3 7 2 2
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 2 13 7 6 5 5 0 5
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 3 1 20 16 4 10 2 0 4
37 Skreja, Harry ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 0
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 1 3 33 24 9 6 0 2 2
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 11 0 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 19 283 229 54 85 18 29 50

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