1972 VFL Season Round 10: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 3 June 1972 between Richmond and Footscray during round ten of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at the 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 (15.14.104) defeated Footscray (12.14.86).

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

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Footscray
Score: 15.14.104 - 12.14.86

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

Richmond

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

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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