1975 VFL Season Elimination Final: Richmond v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 6 September 1975 between Richmond and Collingwood in the elimination final of the 1975 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Collingwood at VFL Park. Kevin Bartlett captained the hosts. Wayne Richardson captained the visitors with Len Thompson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Murray Weideman.

Richmond (11.11.77) defeated Collingwood (10.13.73).

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Elimination Final
Teams: Richmond v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 6 September 1975
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 65,512

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Collingwood
Score: 11.11.77 - 10.13.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 5 . 5 7 . 8 8 . 10 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Collingwood 1 . 1 2 . 6 6 . 7 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Margin RICH by 28 RICH by 32 RICH by 15 RICH by 4 RICH by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Bartlett
Coach: Tom Hafey

Collingwood

Captain: Wayne Richardson
Vice-Captain: Len Thompson
Coach: Murray Weideman

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 0 0 1
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 1 2 18 11 7 5 10 3 1
29 Bartlett, Kevin (c) ? ? 2 2 20 18 2 0 0 1 3
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 3 4
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 1 0
33 Cloke, David ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 5 2 3 5
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 2
36 Edwards, Allan ? ? 3 2 12 11 1 3 0 1 0
37 Green, Mike ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 2 9 2 1
19 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 1 2
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 1 9 5 4 2 0 0 2
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 1
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 1 1 18 13 5 3 0 2 5
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 1 0 6 3
51 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 2 0 12 9 3 3 0 3 8
32 Roberts, Neville ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 2
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 3 1 0 4
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 2 0 1 2
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 1 19 17 2 2 0 6 1
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 2 0 7 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 11 238 194 44 42 25 42 49

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 2 0 0 2
9 Carman, Phil ? ? 2 2 12 9 3 10 0 1 5
20 Clifford, Stephen ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 1 2
10 Cooper, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 4 3
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 0 0 3 1
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 2 5 0
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 2 2
17 Grose, Kevin ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 2 1
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 2 0 13 7 6 6 4 0 1
40 Holmes, Allan ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 0 0
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 1 1 12 7 5 5 16 2 2
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 3 3
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 21 21 0 8 0 6 2
3 Price, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 1 0
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 0 4 4
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 1 2 26 24 2 5 0 6 5
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 0 1 20 19 1 2 0 4 3
7 Shephard, Graeme ? ? 0 1 21 17 4 9 0 1 2
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 14 1 4
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 3 2 18 15 3 3 0 3 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 10 13 267 224 43 76 36 49 42

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