1971 VFL Round 15: Richmond v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 10 July 1971 between Richmond and South Melbourne during round 15 of the 1971 VFL season. Richmond hosted South Melbourne at MCG. Roger Dean captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Richmond
R. Dean (capt.), G. Allford, N. Balme, K. Bartlett, G. Bond, R. Boyanich, B. Brown, G. Burgin, D. Clay, P. Cloke, I. Craig, R. Hart, G. Hollick, C. McKellar, E. Moore, K. Morris, B. Richardson, B. Roberts, K. Sheedy, I. Stewart

South Melbourne
P. Bedford, G. Brice, R. Cook, B. Davis, R. Doyle, R. Gleeson, R. Grima, R. Hay, S. Hoffman, E. Hug, R. McHenry, D. McLeish, J. Murphy, J. Pitura, J. Prentice, R. Quade, J. Rantall, G. Robertson, W. Walsh, F. Way

Richmond (12.18.90) defeated South Melbourne (11.13.79).

Goalkickers
Richmond: R. Hart (5), B. Richardson (3), N. Balme, K. Bartlett, B. Brown, E. Moore
South Melbourne: P. Bedford (4), R. Grima (3), S. Hoffman (2), R. McHenry, J. Prentice

As a result of this match, Richmond were then 4th on the ladder (up from 5th) and South Melbourne remained 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Richmond v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 10 July 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 22,870

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. South Melbourne
Score: 12.18.90 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 9 4 . 13 10 . 15 12 . 18 12 . 18 (90)
South Melbourne 1 . 4 7 . 6 8 . 8 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin RICH by 11 SMLB by 11 RICH by 19 RICH by 11 RICH by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Tom Hafey (Richmond), Norm Smith (South Melbourne)
Captains: Roger Dean (Richmond), unknown (South Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Jolley

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Allford, Grant ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 3 0
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 6 3 1 2
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 4 19 18 1 3 0 5 3
24 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 2 17 14 3 2 0 1 1
19 Boyanich, Ray ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 6 6 2 4
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 1 1 14 13 1 7 0 2 0
27 Burgin, Graham ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 4 0 3 0
41 Cloke, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 2 1
54 Craig, Ian ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dean, Roger (c) ? ? 0 4 20 18 2 4 0 3 4
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 5 2 28 25 3 13 0 3 1
18 Hollick, Greg ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 6 0 2 3
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 8 1 1
7 Moore, Eric ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 3 1 3 2
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 5 0 5 2
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 3 1 10 8 2 6 0 0 0
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 4 8 1 5
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 6 0 3 0
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 0 0 21 21 0 7 0 4 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 18 284 246 38 88 26 44 33

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 4 5 18 13 5 2 0 2 2
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 1 0 1 2
37 Davis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 5 0 0 2
28 Doyle, Robert ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 6 12 6 2
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
42 Grima, Robert ? ? 3 3 10 8 2 8 0 0 3
44 Hay, Robert ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 0 6
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 2 2 26 21 5 5 0 2 0
2 Hug, Ernie ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 5 0 0 1
36 McHenry, Russell ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 1 0 3 4
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 5 1
6 Murphy, John ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 1 3
21 Pitura, John ? ? 0 0 27 19 8 7 0 0 3
19 Prentice, Jim ? ? 1 0 22 18 4 13 0 0 3
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 1 1 3 0
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 1 2
34 Robertson, Garry ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 1 2
10 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 7 0 3 3
30 Way, Fred ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 20 5 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 13 292 237 55 73 33 33 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