1972 VFL Season Round 20: Richmond v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 19 August 1972 between Richmond and Fitzroy during round twenty of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Royce Hart captained the hosts with Kevin Bartlett as vice-captain. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Graham Donaldson.

Richmond (20.17.137) defeated Fitzroy (13.22.100).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Richmond v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 19 August 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 27,651

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Fitzroy
Score: 20.17.137 - 13.22.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 2 11 . 5 14 . 11 20 . 17 20 . 17 (137)
Fitzroy 2 . 2 6 . 8 7 . 16 13 . 22 13 . 22 (100)
Margin RICH by 12 RICH by 27 RICH by 37 RICH by 37 RICH by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

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

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 6 3 13 10 3 6 1 1 2
29 Bartlett, Kevin (vc) ? ? 2 2 22 22 0 1 0 5 3
24 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 2 16 14 2 1 0 3 3
19 Boyanich, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 1 0 1
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 2
41 Cloke, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 1 2 10 10 0 1 0 1 0
11 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 1 2
26 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 2 2 14 12 2 1 0 1 4
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 25 22 3 12 0 5 1
43 Hywood, Steve ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 2 4
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 6 28 0 0
31 McLean, Ricky ? ? 6 2 17 10 7 7 0 1 4
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 1 0 20 18 2 0 0 4 1
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 1 1 18 16 2 8 1 4 3
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 4 0 5 0
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 1 0 24 18 6 1 0 2 2
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 1 2
37 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 0 5
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 20 17 271 228 43 60 31 37 39

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Booth, Greg ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 1 2
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 1 2 9 8 1 6 9 2 2
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 3 15 1 0
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 5 0 4 2
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 1 17 16 1 2 0 2 3
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 0 5 21 16 5 7 0 2 1
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 3 0
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 2 1
5 Murphy, John ? ? 3 3 27 26 1 5 0 2 4
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 0 0 4 1
30 Noonan, Gerry ? ? 1 1 6 4 2 0 0 1 4
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 0 2
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 1 2 27 19 8 10 0 1 1
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 2 2 19 18 1 7 0 3 5
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 2 10 8 2 3 0 1 1
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 1 18 16 2 3 0 4 2
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 6 0 1 3
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 3 0 32 24 8 9 0 5 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 22 271 228 43 73 24 39 37

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