1974 VFL Round 11: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 17 June 1974 between Richmond and Footscray during round 11 of the 1974 VFL season. Richmond hosted Footscray at MCG. Royce Hart captained the hosts with Kevin Bartlett as vice-captain. Laurie Sandilands 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.), G. Andrews, N. Balme, F. Bourke, D. Clay, D. Cloke, D. Cumming, G. Hewitt, M. Keane, R. McGhie, C. McKellar, R. McLean, K. Morris, S. Rae, B. Roberts, K. Sheedy, P. Sproule, W. Walsh, B. Wood

Footscray
L. Sandilands (capt.), R. Abbey, G. Casey, C. Dell, G. Dempsey, I. Dunstan, A. Gallagher, G. Gingell, R. Huppatz, G. Merrington, I. Morrison, G. Parke, S. Power, B. Quinlan, I. Rasmussen, B. Round, I. Salmon, A. Stoneham, P. Welsh, T. Whitten

Richmond (19.19.133) defeated Footscray (15.11.101).

Goalkickers
Richmond: N. Balme (5), P. Sproule (4), R. Hart (3), K. Morris (2), K. Sheedy (2), K. Bartlett, R. McLean, B. Roberts
Footscray: G. Parke (5), L. Sandilands (5), I. Salmon (2), I. Dunstan, B. Quinlan, A. Stoneham

As a result of this match, Richmond were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 4th) and Footscray were then 3rd on the ladder (down from 2nd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Monday 17 June 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 68,447

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Footscray
Score: 19.19.133 - 15.11.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 4 6 . 9 10 . 13 19 . 19 19 . 19 (133)
Footscray 3 . 3 7 . 5 11 . 8 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Margin RICH by 7 FOOT by 2 FOOT by 1 RICH by 32 RICH by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Dye

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 7 0 1 1
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 5 2 14 9 5 5 7 1 1
29 Bartlett, Kevin (vc) ? ? 1 2 30 29 1 2 1 3 2
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 3 0 1 2
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 3 0
33 Cloke, David ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 5 0 3 2
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 4 0 4 3
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 3 3 20 19 1 7 0 1 1
19 Hewitt, Glynn ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 0 1 2 1
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 8 0 1 1
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
31 McLean, Ricky ? ? 1 1 6 4 2 1 1 0 1
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 2 0 16 13 3 4 0 1 1
13 Rae, Stephen ? ? 0 2 17 10 7 2 0 2 0
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 2 16 5 8
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 2 1 16 8 8 2 0 4 4
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 4 2 21 17 4 2 0 4 2
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 2 17 15 2 1 0 0 1
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 6 0 4 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 19 19 272 209 63 64 26 41 33

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 0 2 3
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 3 2 3 3
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 0
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 1 20 15 5 8 14 5 3
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 2 3 3 2
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 4 0 2 3
37 Gingell, Glenn ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 5 0 1 1
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 5 1 1 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 3 2
39 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 0 1
1 Parke, Greg ? ? 5 3 19 16 3 11 0 1 3
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 2 0 1 4
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 2 0 1 3
11 Rasmussen, Ivan ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 1 1
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 6 4 1 1
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 2 2 13 10 3 3 3 1 4
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 5 1 16 14 2 8 0 1 1
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 2 0 3 2
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 2 2 3
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 11 280 232 48 77 29 33 41

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