1973 VFL Season Round 22: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 1 September 1973 between Richmond and Footscray during round twenty-two of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at the 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 (10.16.76) were defeated by Footscray (11.11.77).

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

Richmond

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

Footscray

Captain: David Thorpe
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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