1971 VFL Season Semi Final 1: Richmond v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 4 September 1971 between Richmond and Collingwood in the first semi final of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Roger Dean captained the hosts. Wayne Richardson captained the visitors with Barry Price as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Richmond (18.13.121) defeated Collingwood (11.11.77).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
Teams: Richmond v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 4 September 1971
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 99,771

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Collingwood
Score: 18.13.121 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 4 8 . 8 11 . 10 18 . 13 18 . 13 (121)
Collingwood 4 . 1 5 . 5 11 . 8 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin RICH by 3 RICH by 21 RICH by 2 RICH by 44 RICH by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Roger Dean
Coach: Tom Hafey

Collingwood

Captain: Wayne Richardson
Vice-Captain: Barry Price
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Allford, Grant ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 8 0 2 1
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 3 2 11 10 1 6 2 1 3
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 3 1 20 19 1 3 0 3 3
24 Bond, Graeme ? ? 2 1 17 13 4 5 0 1 2
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 7 0 3 1
19 Boyanich, Ray ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 8 6 1 3
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 1 15 15 0 7 0 4 2
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 2 1 11 7 4 0 0 4 3
3 Dean, Roger (c) ? ? 2 2 22 20 2 5 0 2 2
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 3 0 0 0
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 3 2 18 17 1 5 0 3 3
18 Hollick, Greg ? ? 1 0 21 21 0 8 0 2 1
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 6 0 1 1
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 2 1
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 1 1 6 5 1 3 20 0 1
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 0 0 4 4
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 2 0 1 1
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 4 3
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 7 1 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 18 13 277 239 38 89 29 40 37

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 2 0
27 Britt, Con ? ? 1 0 16 15 1 8 0 3 6
4 Coles, Henry ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 3 0 1 2
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 7 1 2 2
7 Delahunty, Mike ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 0 2 2
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 2 26 24 2 11 2 1 3
10 Eakins, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 6 0 3 0
22 Greening, John ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 5 0 3 6
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 2 1 11 11 0 6 20 0 3
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 4 1 14 10 4 6 0 2 1
31 McKenzie, Brian ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 2 0
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 0 0 2 1
3 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 5 0 1 1
5 Price, Barry (vc) ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 1 1 4 2
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 1 1 15 15 0 6 1 2 3
2 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 0 0 1 1
25 Rose, Robert ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 2 0 1 0
28 Thompson, Len ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 5 10 1 2
8 Tuddenham, Des ? ? 1 2 27 20 7 8 0 2 2
35 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 1 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 11 285 243 42 90 35 37 40

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