1974 VFL Season Round 22: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 31 August 1974 between Footscray and Richmond during round twenty-two of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Richmond at Western Oval. In the absence of Royce Hart, vice-captain Kevin Bartlett captained the visitors with Francis Bourke as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Footscray (13.9.87) defeated Richmond (11.14.80).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 31 August 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 25,190

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Richmond
Score: 13.9.87 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 5 . 4 8 . 6 9 . 7 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Richmond 2 . 4 4 . 7 9 . 10 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Margin FOOT by 18 FOOT by 23 RICH by 3 FOOT by 7 FOOT by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Bob Rose

Richmond

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Lyons

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 27 20 7 5 ? 0 2
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 4 ? 1 1
22 Collins, Dennis ? ? 2 1 21 8 13 2 ? 5 0
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 2 ? 1 0
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 2 1 12 6 6 7 ? 2 1
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 0 2 28 23 5 5 ? 3 3
42 Gieschen, Jeff ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 2 ? 0 3
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 0 28 23 5 2 ? 4 2
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 0 ? 4 0
39 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 ? 0 2
1 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 11 ? 2 0
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 2 ? 2 0
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 2 12 10 2 5 ? 1 1
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 7 ? 0 0
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 6 ? 2 0
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 1 0 32 20 12 5 ? 1 4
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 5 0 11 8 3 3 ? 2 1
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 2 2 20 10 10 6 ? 0 2
38 Wilkins, Terry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 9 342 238 104 77 0+ 30 22

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 10 ? 2 1
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 1 1 14 8 6 2 ? 0 0
29 Bartlett, Kevin (ac) ? ? 1 2 28 24 4 2 ? 2 2
30 Bourke, Francis (avc) ? ? 0 0 28 20 8 7 ? 2 1
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 ? 1 1
33 Cloke, David ? ? 2 1 15 9 6 7 ? 1 4
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 1 2 15 6 9 2 ? 1 1
11 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 ? 3 1
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 5 ? 1 2
34 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 ? 0 1
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 ? 0 2
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 1 ? 1 2
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 4 2 8 6 2 3 ? 0 2
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 1 0 17 13 4 3 ? 0 0
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 1 22 11 11 1 ? 5 0
47 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
14 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 2 ? 2 5
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 2 ? 0 3
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 1 ? 1 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 11 14 299 206 93 58 0+ 22 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