1972 VFL Season Round 15: Essendon v Richmond

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

Essendon (13.12.90) were defeated by Richmond (17.9.111).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 15 July 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 23,251

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Richmond
Score: 13.12.90 - 17.9.111

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 5 6 . 8 11 . 10 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Richmond 2 . 2 5 . 5 10 . 6 17 . 9 17 . 9 (111)
Margin ESSE by 15 ESSE by 9 ESSE by 10 RICH by 21 RICH by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Richmond

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 3 3 7 7 0 4 0 1 2
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 2 0 3 2
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 5 0 3 1
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 0 3 2
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 0 1 3 0
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 2 24 23 1 5 0 7 3
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 1 0 18 17 1 2 0 3 3
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 1 0 2 1
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 3 2 4
15 Gross, Don ? ? 1 0 7 7 0 0 0 2 2
44 Halley, Len ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 4 3 2
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 3 2 18 17 1 7 0 1 7
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 1 2
36 Perry, Greg ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 4 13 2 6
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 2
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 2 2
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 2 0 4 4
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 4 0 3 1
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 2 2 20 18 2 4 0 3 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 12 239 217 22 57 23 49 49

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 1 2 8 7 1 2 2 1 5
29 Bartlett, Kevin (vc) ? ? 2 2 12 12 0 1 0 2 4
24 Bond, Graeme ? ? 5 0 15 15 0 1 0 2 2
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 21 21 0 3 0 5 6
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 4 0 4 2
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 2 0 19 18 1 4 0 5 0
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 2 2 18 15 3 5 1 2 4
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 3 1
43 Hywood, Steve ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 3 4
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 2
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 5 24 4 3
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 2 1 20 19 1 1 1 6 2
46 Nalder, Bill ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 1 1 9 9 0 5 0 1 2
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 7 0 1 2
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 1 0 0 2
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 1 0 20 18 2 4 1 3 2
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 2 3
37 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 3 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 9 245 220 25 49 29 48 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