1971 VFL Round 12: Richmond v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 19 June 1971 between Richmond and Fitzroy during round 12 of the 1971 VFL season. Richmond hosted Fitzroy at 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
R. Dean (capt.), N. Balme, K. Bartlett, C. Beard, R. Boyanich, G. Burgin, D. Clay, P. Cloke, D. Cumming, D. Davenport, M. Green, R. Hart, G. Hollick, R. Hunt, E. Moore, K. Morris, B. Roberts, K. Sheedy, I. Stewart, G. Strang

Fitzroy
K. Murray (capt.), N. Brown, R. Crow, W. Irwin, T. Lloyd, T. McGregor, H. Merrigan, S. Molloy, J. Murphy, J. Newton, B. Padley, G. Renwick, C. Rheinberger, D. Rhodes, L. Richards, L. Robertson, A. Ruscuklic, D. Searl, A. Thompson, D. Wall

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

Goalkickers
Richmond: K. Bartlett (2), N. Balme, R. Boyanich, D. Cumming, I. Stewart
Fitzroy: W. Irwin (3), N. Brown, J. Murphy, J. Newton, D. Rhodes, A. Thompson

As a result of this match, Richmond were then 5th on the ladder (down from 3rd) and Fitzroy remained 7th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Tom Hafey (Richmond), Graham Donaldson (Fitzroy)
Captains: Roger Dean (Richmond), Kevin Murray (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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