1972 VFL Season Round 3: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 15 April 1972 between Richmond and Essendon during round three of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at the MCG. Royce Hart captained the hosts with Kevin Bartlett as vice-captain. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with Barry Davis as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

Richmond (16.15.111) were defeated by Essendon (19.17.131).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 15 April 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 55,825

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Essendon
Score: 16.15.111 - 19.17.131

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 3 6 . 7 8 . 12 16 . 15 16 . 15 (111)
Essendon 6 . 4 10 . 9 16 . 14 19 . 17 19 . 17 (131)
Margin ESSE by 13 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 50 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Royce Hart
Vice-Captain: Kevin Bartlett
Coach: Tom Hafey

Essendon

Captain: Des Tuddenham
Vice-Captain: Barry Davis
Coach: Des Tuddenham

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 2 2 0 0 0 2 1
29 Bartlett, Kevin (vc) ? ? 0 0 31 30 1 3 1 4 5
20 Beckwith, Bill ? ? 0 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
24 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 2 12 11 1 1 0 1 0
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 3 0
19 Boyanich, Ray ? ? 2 0 7 6 1 1 2 0 6
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 1
41 Cloke, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 0 0 2 3
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 2 0 2 2
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 1 1 25 19 6 4 0 5 2
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 1 2 13 11 2 1 0 2 8
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 0
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 5 17 4 1
14 McMillan, Marty ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 2 1
22 Moore, Eric ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 3 0 3 1
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 2 16 14 2 3 0 5 1
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 9 2 13 13 0 8 0 3 1
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 2 8 1 1
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 3 1
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 3 1 19 17 2 5 1 5 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 15 233 203 30 49 29 49 38

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 7 3 13 11 2 5 0 1 2
9 Cassin, John ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 0 1 4
19 Close, Robin ? ? 4 0 16 14 2 8 0 2 0
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 3 3
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 2 22 18 4 4 0 2 2
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 1 20 19 1 4 0 1 6
4 Grainger, Gary ? ? 0 2 8 3 5 2 11 0 0
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 1 1 4
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 2 23 14 9 2 0 1 2
44 Halley, Len ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0
29 Hogan, Ken ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 1 0 3 4
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 2 2
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 1 1 15 11 4 3 0 2 4
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 6 0 1 2
36 Perry, Greg ? ? 3 1 5 5 0 3 5 1 5
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 1 0 7 3
27 Talbot, Sandy ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 4 2
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 2 2 24 19 5 2 0 4 3
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 23 22 1 10 0 2 1
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 19 17 262 214 48 64 17 38 49

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