1973 VFL Season Round 7: Fitzroy v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 19 May 1973 between Fitzroy and Richmond during round seven of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Richmond at VFL Park. John Murphy captained the hosts. In the absence of Royce Hart, vice-captain Kevin Bartlett captained the visitors with Francis Bourke as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Graham Donaldson and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Fitzroy (12.8.80) were defeated by Richmond (16.21.117).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Fitzroy v Richmond
Date: Saturday 19 May 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 19,538

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Richmond
Score: 12.8.80 - 16.21.117

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 4 2 . 6 9 . 6 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Richmond 6 . 5 11 . 6 13 . 11 16 . 21 16 . 21 (117)
Margin RICH by 31 RICH by 54 RICH by 29 RICH by 37 RICH by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Bartlett (acting)
Vice-Captain: Francis Bourke (acting)
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 2 6 1 1
24 Booth, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 2 2
38 Brain, Ray ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 1
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 7 3 0
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 0 2
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 1 21 18 3 2 0 3 3
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 2 0 6 1
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 6 0 3 2
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 5 1 0 1
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 1 0
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 3 1 25 25 0 3 0 7 1
1 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 3 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 2 1 17 11 6 3 0 2 1
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 1 0 25 20 5 4 0 2 5
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 1 0 15 14 1 3 0 1 1
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 2 1 25 19 6 10 0 7 1
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 5 0 2 1
35 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0
9 Wall, David ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 1 1 21 17 4 3 0 1 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 12 8 273 228 45 59 14 45 27

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Allford, Grant ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
29 Bartlett, Kevin (ac) ? ? 1 3 37 35 2 5 0 4 5
24 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 1 0 0 0
30 Bourke, Francis (avc) ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 4 0 0 4
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 1 29 21 8 13 0 2 0
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 2 1 15 8 7 2 0 0 0
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 0 3 9 6 3 1 0 2 7
37 Green, Mike ? ? 2 0 4 4 0 1 3 0 3
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 1 1 21 20 1 9 0 1 3
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 1 1 19 14 5 3 0 1 0
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 0
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 12 0 2
31 McLean, Ricky ? ? 5 2 19 15 4 6 0 3 3
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 1 2 17 13 4 7 2 2 2
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 16 3 5
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 2 25 15 10 5 0 1 0
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 1 1 17 11 6 3 0 0 4
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 2 0 21 15 6 8 1 2 1
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 0 5
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 1 19 14 5 2 0 5 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 21 317 238 79 76 34 27 45

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