1973 VFL Round 22: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 1 September 1973 between Richmond and Footscray during round 22 of the 1973 VFL season. Richmond hosted Footscray at MCG. Royce Hart captained the hosts with Kevin Bartlett as vice-captain. David Thorpe 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.), N. Balme, W. Barrot, N. Carter, D. Clay, L. Fowler, R. Hunt, F. Jackson, M. Keane, R. McGhie, C. McKellar, K. Morris, B. Nalder, S. Rae, B. Roberts, K. Sheedy, P. Sproule, I. Stewart, B. Wood

Footscray
D. Thorpe (capt.), L. Bartlett, G. Casey, D. Collins, C. Dell, G. Dempsey, A. Gallagher, G. Gingell, J. Keast, S. Magee, G. Merrington, S. Power, B. Quinlan, I. Rasmussen, R. Rose, I. Salmon, G. Steel, A. Stoneham, P. Welsh, T. Wilkins

Richmond (10.16.76) were defeated by Footscray (11.11.77).

Goalkickers
Richmond: K. Bartlett (3), R. Hart (3), N. Balme (2), K. Morris (2)
Footscray: I. Rasmussen (3), G. Dempsey (2), I. Salmon (2), L. Bartlett, D. Collins, G. Gingell, G. Steel

As a result of this match, Richmond remained 2nd on the ladder and Footscray were then 9th on the ladder (up from 10th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 1 September 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 24,671

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Footscray
Score: 10.16.76 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 6 4 . 10 7 . 14 10 . 16 10 . 16 (76)
Footscray 2 . 2 5 . 5 8 . 8 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin RICH by 10 FOOT by 1 level FOOT by 1 FOOT by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Tom Hafey (Richmond), Bob Rose (Footscray)
Captains: Royce Hart (Richmond), David Thorpe (Footscray)
Vice-Captains: Kevin Bartlett (Richmond), unknown (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 2 3 10 6 4 2 1 2 4
28 Barrot, Wes ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Bartlett, Kevin (vc) ? ? 3 2 28 27 1 3 0 3 4
27 Carter, Noel ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 1
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 3 0 3 0
11 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 1 1
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 3 3 19 18 1 7 0 4 2
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 6 0 1 3
34 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 1 2
40 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 1 1
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 9 0 2 1
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 5 12 1 1
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 2 1 8 8 0 1 0 3 1
46 Nalder, Bill ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 3 0 0 6
13 Rae, Stephen ? ? 0 2 16 13 3 1 0 4 4
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 25 3 5
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 5 0 5 1
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 1 0 0 2
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 2 1 2 1
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 4 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 16 259 220 39 66 39 39 41

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 1 1 5 5 0 1 0 1 1
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 4 0
48 Collins, Dennis ? ? 1 3 7 6 1 1 1 0 1
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 3 2
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 2 0 27 18 9 13 22 3 4
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 0 1 32 31 1 5 0 3 4
37 Gingell, Glenn ? ? 1 1 15 11 4 4 0 2 1
1 Keast, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 3 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 2 3
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 3 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 0 22 21 1 10 1 1 2
11 Rasmussen, Ivan ? ? 3 0 9 8 1 0 0 0 2
22 Rose, Robert ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 2 2
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 2 1 16 11 5 4 3 2 5
33 Steel, Gary ? ? 1 1 10 10 0 4 0 0 1
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 2 21 15 6 3 0 2 3
16 Thorpe, David (c) ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 0 0 3 2
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 2 2
38 Wilkins, Terry ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 3 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 11 269 225 44 63 27 39 40

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