1972 VFL Round 10: Richmond v Footscray
This is the match report for the match played on 3 June 1972 between Richmond and Footscray during round 10 of the 1972 VFL season.
Richmond hosted Footscray at MCG.
Royce Hart captained the hosts with Kevin Bartlett as vice-captain.
Gary Dempsey captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.
Richmond
R. Hart (capt.), K. Bartlett (vice-capt.), G. Allford, N. Balme, B. Beckwith, G. Bond, F. Bourke, D. Clay, R. Dean, G. Hollick, M. Keane, C. McKellar, R. McLean, M. McMillan, K. Morris, B. Richardson, B. Roberts, K. Sheedy, P. Sproule, B. Wood
Footscray
G. Dempsey (capt.), R. Abbey, G. Austin, L. Bartlett, G. Bisset, S. Boyle, D. Brown, G. Casey, B. Cockerell, D. Collins, G. Cook, S. Magee, K. Marks, R. McGhie, G. Merrington, B. Quinlan, B. Round, I. Salmon, D. Thorpe, P. Welsh
Richmond (15.14.104) defeated Footscray (12.14.86).
Goalkickers
Richmond: N. Balme (4), G. Hollick (4), B. Beckwith (2), K. Bartlett, R. Dean, R. Hart, K. Morris, B. Wood
Footscray: S. Boyle (3), G. Bisset (2), B. Round (2), D. Brown, B. Cockerell, S. Magee, B. Quinlan, D. Thorpe
As a result of this match, Richmond were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 3rd) and Footscray remained 6th on the ladder by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1972 VFL Season
Round:
Round 10
Teams:
Richmond
v
Footscray
Date:
Saturday 3 June 1972
Time:
2:10 PM
Venue:
MCG
Attendance:
36,986
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond | 2 | . | 3 | 7 | . | 6 | 11 | . | 9 | 15 | . | 14 | 15 | . | 14 | (104) |
| Footscray | 3 | . | 4 | 5 | . | 10 | 9 | . | 12 | 12 | . | 14 | 12 | . | 14 | (86) |
| Margin | FOOT by 7 | RICH by 8 | RICH by 9 | RICH by 18 | RICH by 18 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Tom Hafey
(Richmond),
Bob Rose
(Footscray)
Captains:
Royce Hart
(Richmond),
Gary Dempsey
(Footscray)
Vice-Captains:
Kevin Bartlett
(Richmond),
unknown
(Footscray)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
B. Deller
Player Statistics
Richmond
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Allford, Grant | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | Balme, Neil | ? | ? | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 29 | Bartlett, Kevin (vc) | ? | ? | 1 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | Beckwith, Bill | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | Bond, Graeme | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 30 | Bourke, Francis | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | Clay, Dick | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Dean, Roger | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Hart, Royce (c) | ? | ? | 1 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 18 | Hollick, Greg | ? | ? | 4 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 40 | Keane, Merv | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | McKellar, Craig | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | McLean, Ricky | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | McMillan, Marty | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 38 | Morris, Kevin | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | Richardson, Barry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Roberts, Brian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | Sheedy, Kevin | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Sproule, Paul | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 37 | Wood, Bryan | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Rushed | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 15 | 14 | 275 | 227 | 48 | 67 | 19 | 34 | 38 | |||
Footscray
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Abbey, Ross | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Austin, Graeme | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Bartlett, Les | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | Bisset, George | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 44 | Boyle, Stephen | ? | ? | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 26 | Brown, Don | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Casey, Gordon | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 38 | Cockerell, Bob | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 48 | Collins, Dennis | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | Cook, Graeme | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Dempsey, Gary (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 3 |
| 23 | Magee, Stuart | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | Marks, Ken | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | McGhie, Robbie | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Merrington, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Quinlan, Bernie | ? | ? | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | Round, Barry | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Salmon, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Thorpe, David | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 31 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Welsh, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 12 | 14 | 285 | 245 | 40 | 74 | 28 | 38 | 32 | |||