1971 VFL Season Round 12: Richmond v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 19 June 1971 between Richmond and Fitzroy during round twelve of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Roger Dean captained the hosts. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Graham Donaldson.

Richmond (6.11.47) were defeated by Fitzroy (8.17.65).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Richmond v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 19 June 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 24,831

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Fitzroy
Score: 6.11.47 - 8.17.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 6 4 . 6 5 . 9 6 . 11 6 . 11 (47)
Fitzroy 3 . 4 4 . 10 6 . 12 8 . 17 8 . 17 (65)
Margin RICH by 8 FITZ by 4 FITZ by 9 FITZ by 18 FITZ by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Roger Dean
Coach: Tom Hafey

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 1 3 14 11 3 5 0 2 3
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 2 2 25 25 0 5 0 4 3
16 Beard, Colin ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 10 0 2 0
19 Boyanich, Ray ? ? 1 0 14 14 0 3 7 4 5
27 Burgin, Graham ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 8 0 3 5
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 3 0
41 Cloke, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 4 0 0 1
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 3 0 1 1
23 Davenport, Don ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 2 2
3 Dean, Roger (c) ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 5 0 2 5
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 7 7 3 1
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 0 2 19 16 3 6 0 3 5
18 Hollick, Greg ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 4 0 0 4
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 4 1
7 Moore, Eric ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 0 2
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 6 0 1 1
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 1 0 21 20 1 4 0 2 2
28 Strang, Geoff ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 4 0 3 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 6 11 302 258 44 88 14 39 42

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 1 1 7 6 1 4 11 1 3
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 17 1 4
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 3 1 16 13 3 6 0 2 1
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 8 0 2 3
9 McGregor, Treva ? ? 0 2 22 15 7 1 0 5 1
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 1 1
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 5 0 4 2
5 Murphy, John ? ? 1 2 35 33 2 8 0 3 2
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 1 22 16 6 6 0 1 1
27 Newton, Jack ? ? 1 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
37 Renwick, Graeme ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 5 1 2 2
26 Rheinberger, Cec ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 1 1 28 25 3 17 0 1 3
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 0 0 31 27 4 15 0 4 1
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 26 19 7 7 0 3 6
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 0 4 24 17 7 11 0 1 5
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 6 0 1 1
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 1 1 16 14 2 5 0 1 1
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 5 0 9 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 8 17 339 279 60 116 29 42 39

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