1972 VFL Season Round 9: Fitzroy v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 27 May 1972 between Fitzroy and Richmond during round nine of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Richmond at Junction Oval. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. Royce Hart captained the visitors with Kevin Bartlett as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Graham Donaldson and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Fitzroy (12.25.97) were defeated by Richmond (16.9.105).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Fitzroy v Richmond
Date: Saturday 27 May 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 21,753

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Richmond
Score: 12.25.97 - 16.9.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 6 8 . 15 9 . 18 12 . 25 12 . 25 (97)
Richmond 8 . 3 9 . 3 13 . 7 16 . 9 16 . 9 (105)
Margin RICH by 33 FITZ by 6 RICH by 13 RICH by 8 RICH by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Richmond

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 6 0 2 3
20 Christou, Jim ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 4 0 9 9 0 7 18 1 1
16 Formosa, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 3 24 20 4 8 0 2 3
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 2 2 5
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 1 0 7 3 4 2 5 1 1
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 0 3 1
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 1 0 4 2
5 Murphy, John ? ? 0 3 30 29 1 4 0 4 1
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 1 22 15 7 3 2 3 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 1 2 12 9 3 2 0 1 3
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 1 25 20 5 9 0 2 2
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 0 1 23 15 8 5 0 5 2
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 4 0 5 3
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 3 6 20 17 3 7 0 9 2
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 5 0 1 1
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 1 3 16 12 4 7 0 0 2
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 2 2 16 14 2 1 0 3 3
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 6 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 12 25 307 245 62 79 27 54 36

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 4 1 9 7 2 4 4 0 4
29 Bartlett, Kevin (vc) ? ? 2 2 23 22 1 1 0 3 1
24 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 1 11 11 0 2 0 2 3
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 0 5
41 Cloke, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 0 1 13 13 0 1 0 4 7
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 3 1 23 18 5 8 0 2 6
18 Hollick, Greg ? ? 2 0 21 20 1 0 0 1 0
40 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 3
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 13 0 0
31 McLean, Ricky ? ? 3 1 12 10 2 7 0 1 3
14 McMillan, Marty ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 2 0 5 2
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 4 4
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 0 0 3
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 6 8 1 2
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 21 21 0 3 0 8 1
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 1 1 12 11 1 2 0 2 4
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 1 2
37 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 9 237 208 29 54 25 36 54

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