1971 VFL Round 16: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 17 July 1971 between Footscray and Richmond during round 16 of the 1971 VFL season. Footscray hosted Richmond at Western Oval. Roger Dean captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Verdun Howell.

Footscray
G. Austin, G. Bisset, G. Casey, D. Darcy, C. Dell, S. Magee, R. McGowan, G. Merrington, M. Parker, S. Power, B. Quinlan, R. Radziminski, L. Rippon, B. Round, I. Salmon, L. Sandilands, C. Shaw, G. Simmons, R. Spargo, P. Welsh

Richmond
R. Dean (capt.), G. Allford, N. Balme, K. Bartlett, G. Bond, R. Boyanich, B. Brown, D. Clay, P. Cloke, M. Green, G. Hollick, C. McKellar, I. Miles, E. Moore, K. Morris, D. Peardon, B. Richardson, B. Roberts, I. Stewart, G. Strang

Footscray (13.8.86) defeated Richmond (6.15.51).

Goalkickers
Footscray: C. Dell (3), I. Salmon (3), G. Austin (2), G. Bisset, G. Merrington, B. Quinlan, L. Sandilands, R. Spargo
Richmond: C. McKellar (2), N. Balme, K. Bartlett, R. Boyanich, G. Hollick

As a result of this match, Footscray remained 7th on the ladder and Richmond were then 5th on the ladder (down from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 17 July 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 17,926

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Richmond
Score: 13.8.86 - 6.15.51

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 2 10 . 3 11 . 4 13 . 8 13 . 8 (86)
Richmond 2 . 7 4 . 9 6 . 13 6 . 15 6 . 15 (51)
Margin FOOT by 1 FOOT by 30 FOOT by 21 FOOT by 35 FOOT by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ted Whitten (Footscray), Verdun Howell (Richmond)
Captains: unknown (Footscray), Roger Dean (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Austin, Graeme ? ? 2 1 11 10 1 2 0 0 1
6 Bisset, George ? ? 1 0 22 18 4 3 0 3 2
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 5 0 2 0
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 19 19 0 7 0 2 2
48 Dell, Colin ? ? 3 1 10 10 0 3 0 2 1
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 1 28 19 9 3 0 5 4
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 1 0 14 13 1 4 0 1 3
45 Parker, Max ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 2 3
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 1 21 17 4 8 0 0 1
17 Radziminski, Richard ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 2 1
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 0 2
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 4 8 3 3
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 3 1 12 10 2 2 4 2 2
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 1 0 20 17 3 9 0 2 6
32 Shaw, Colin ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Simmons, Grant ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 5 3
7 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 1 2 15 12 3 3 0 5 1
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 1 19 17 2 5 6 5 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 8 270 233 37 67 18 41 39

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Allford, Grant ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 2 0
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 1 1 2 2
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 2 33 32 1 3 0 4 5
24 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 1 22 22 0 3 0 1 0
19 Boyanich, Ray ? ? 1 3 17 13 4 2 2 2 3
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 0 2 11 11 0 1 0 5 3
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 1 0
41 Cloke, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 4 0 0 0
3 Dean, Roger (c) ? ? 0 2 14 14 0 3 0 3 3
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 2 2 1 1
18 Hollick, Greg ? ? 1 0 23 23 0 5 0 3 4
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 2 2 10 10 0 3 10 1 0
48 Miles, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 0 0
7 Moore, Eric ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 0 0
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 6 0 1 1
6 Peardon, Derek ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 2 2
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 5 0 2 3
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 3 8 5 4
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 1 2 5
28 Strang, Geoff ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 0 0 2 5
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 6 15 267 247 20 53 24 39 41

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