1974 VFL Season Round 18: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 3 August 1974 between Richmond and Essendon during round eighteen of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at the MCG. In the absence of Royce Hart, vice-captain Kevin Bartlett captained the hosts with Francis Bourke as vice-captain. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with Alan Noonan as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

Richmond (20.15.135) defeated Essendon (12.16.88).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 3 August 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 34,478

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 20.15.135 - 12.16.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 5 . 5 9 . 9 13 . 9 20 . 15 20 . 15 (135)
Essendon 2 . 4 6 . 8 9 . 11 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
Margin RICH by 19 RICH by 19 RICH by 22 RICH by 47 RICH by 47
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

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

Essendon

Captain: Des Tuddenham
Vice-Captain: Alan Noonan
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 5 ? 1 0
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 3 1 13 11 2 6 ? 0 2
29 Bartlett, Kevin (ac) ? ? 2 1 38 35 3 3 ? 3 2
50 Betts, Gerald ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 ? 1 2
30 Bourke, Francis (avc) ? ? 0 0 25 18 7 6 ? 1 3
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 ? 3 0
43 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 1 0 3 2 1 0 ? 0 1
33 Cloke, David ? ? 5 1 19 13 6 9 ? 2 2
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 1 4 20 10 10 5 ? 0 3
11 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 ? 0 0
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 7 ? 1 3
19 Hewitt, Glynn ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 3 ? 1 5
40 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 5 ? 1 1
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 ? 2 2
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 1 ? 1 1
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 4 ? 1 2
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 4 1 32 22 10 2 ? 4 2
14 Thorpe, David ? ? 3 0 22 15 7 1 ? 2 7
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 1 23 18 5 4 ? 1 0
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 1 20 13 7 6 ? 5 2
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 20 15 315 234 81 71 0+ 30 40

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 0 ? 3 6
3 Beaumont, Steve ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 ? 0 1
43 Crow, Max ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 ? 0 0
30 Ellen, Russell ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 3 ? 4 2
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 2 25 22 3 4 ? 4 2
51 Fitzpatrick, Gary ? ? 1 3 17 16 1 0 ? 2 2
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 4 ? 4 2
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 2 1 18 17 1 4 ? 1 1
41 Hartigan, Dean ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 0 ? 4 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 5 ? 0 0
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 6 ? 2 1
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 0 0 21 9 12 8 ? 2 1
10 Noonan, Alan (vc) ? ? 2 4 11 11 0 6 ? 1 4
16 Perry, Greg ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 0 ? 3 2
31 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 ? 3 0
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 6 ? 2 2
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 3 ? 1 1
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 0 2 15 14 1 2 ? 2 2
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 3 ? 1 1
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 4 0 23 22 1 3 ? 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 12 16 287 236 51 62 0+ 40 30

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