1971 VFL Round 8: Richmond v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 1971 between Richmond and Carlton during round 8 of the 1971 VFL season. Richmond hosted Carlton at MCG. Roger Dean captained the hosts. John Nicholls captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Richmond
R. Dean (capt.), N. Balme, K. Bartlett, G. Bond, R. Boyanich, D. Clay, P. Cloke, D. Davenport, L. Fowler, L. French, R. Hart, G. Hollick, R. Hunt, E. Moore, B. Richardson, B. Roberts, K. Sheedy, I. Stewart, G. Strang, B. Tschirpig

Carlton
J. Nicholls (capt.), M. Amos, B. Armstrong, I. Collins, A. Gallagher, B. Gill, P. Hurst, S. Jackson, P. Jones, T. Keogh, A. Lukas, D. McKay, R. McLean, P. Pinnell, I. Robertson, S. Silvagni, G. Southby, V. Waite, R. Walls, J. Warden

Richmond (16.26.122) defeated Carlton (9.16.70).

Goalkickers
Richmond: K. Bartlett (4), R. Hart (4), B. Tschirpig (4), R. Dean (2), D. Davenport, G. Hollick
Carlton: R. McLean (3), S. Jackson (2), P. Jones, T. Keogh, I. Robertson, R. Walls

As a result of this match, Richmond were then 4th on the ladder (up from 5th) and Carlton were then 6th on the ladder (down from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Richmond v Carlton
Date: Saturday 22 May 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 52,783

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Carlton
Score: 16.26.122 - 9.16.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 4 6 . 10 8 . 17 16 . 26 16 . 26 (122)
Carlton 3 . 4 6 . 11 9 . 15 9 . 16 9 . 16 (70)
Margin level CARL by 1 CARL by 4 RICH by 52 RICH by 52
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Tom Hafey (Richmond), Ron Barassi (Carlton)
Captains: Roger Dean (Richmond), John Nicholls (Carlton)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 0 5 9 6 3 7 0 1 3
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 4 4 29 26 3 3 0 4 3
24 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 3 29 27 2 3 0 4 2
19 Boyanich, Ray ? ? 0 3 19 15 4 6 6 0 3
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 2 16 14 2 4 0 3 2
41 Cloke, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 1 2
23 Davenport, Don ? ? 1 2 12 9 3 3 0 1 0
3 Dean, Roger (c) ? ? 2 1 22 14 8 2 0 5 5
45 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
31 French, Lloyd ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 4 0 20 14 6 8 0 2 4
18 Hollick, Greg ? ? 1 1 18 17 1 2 2 1 3
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 6 0 3 0
7 Moore, Eric ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 1 3 1
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 5 0 2 1
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 9 16 2 4
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 2 0
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 0 2 25 19 6 6 0 4 0
28 Strang, Geoff ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 0 2 2
35 Tschirpig, Bruce ? ? 4 0 19 12 7 4 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 26 315 254 61 79 25 43 37

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Amos, Mark ? ? 0 2 6 6 0 4 3 1 2
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 0 1 21 21 0 3 0 4 2
19 Collins, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 4 4
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 5 0 1 0
21 Gill, Barry ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 5 0 2 2
33 Hurst, Paul ? ? 0 1 13 7 6 0 0 1 3
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 2 0 9 7 2 4 0 0 2
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 3 2 0 1
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 1 0 2 2
49 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 5 0 0 2
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 3 1 1
14 McLean, Ricky ? ? 3 5 11 10 1 5 0 1 5
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 12 3 4
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 6 0 0 1
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 6 0 2 3
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 4 0 3 2
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 3 1
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 5 0 7 4
42 Walls, Robert ? ? 1 4 15 12 3 5 0 2 2
46 Warden, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 16 238 201 37 68 20 37 43

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