1975 VFL Season Round 1: Fitzroy v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 5 April 1975 between Fitzroy and Richmond during round one of the 1975 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Richmond at Junction Oval. John Murphy captained the hosts with Warwick Irwin as vice-captain. Royce Hart captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Rose and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Fitzroy (14.14.98) were defeated by Richmond (15.13.103).

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Fitzroy v Richmond
Date: Saturday 5 April 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 14,442

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Richmond
Score: 14.14.98 - 15.13.103

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 2 5 . 6 10 . 11 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Richmond 5 . 6 9 . 8 11 . 9 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Margin RICH by 22 RICH by 26 RICH by 4 RICH by 5 RICH by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Vice-Captain: Warwick Irwin
Coach: Kevin Rose

Richmond

Captain: Royce Hart
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Appleton, Rod ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 ? 4 0
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 6 ? 0 1
40 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 ? 2 0
32 Farnham, Dean ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 ? 3 1
7 Irwin, Warwick (vc) ? ? 1 0 28 18 10 2 ? 4 2
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 1 18 11 7 2 ? 3 0
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 ? 1 1
34 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 ? 0 0
19 McMahon, David ? ? 3 4 19 12 7 2 ? 2 4
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 1 ? 1 2
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 2 2 20 16 4 2 ? 4 0
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 2 4 24 21 3 5 ? 4 3
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 5 ? 4 4
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 ? 1 1
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 2 ? 4 4
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 6 ? 2 0
35 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 3 ? 1 1
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 ? 3 3
33 Wall, David ? ? 1 2 10 9 1 3 ? 1 1
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 4 0 33 28 5 3 ? 5 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 14 287 227 60 51 0+ 49 28

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 ? 0 2
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 2 1 11 6 5 3 ? 0 2
50 Betts, Gerald ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 3 ? 2 2
27 Carter, Noel ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 ? 0 0
26 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 ? 1 1
33 Cloke, David ? ? 2 0 14 8 6 6 ? 0 3
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 1 3 15 9 6 1 ? 1 4
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 1 2 8 5 3 1 ? 1 1
19 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 0 ? 3 2
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 5 ? 1 0
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 ? 0 4
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 1 1 12 8 4 5 ? 0 1
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 0 2 20 17 3 6 ? 4 3
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 0 ? 2 1
25 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 4 ? 0 5
32 Roberts, Neville ? ? 2 2 12 9 3 2 ? 3 3
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 1 0 27 20 7 3 ? 3 3
14 Thorpe, David ? ? 4 0 34 24 10 1 ? 3 7
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 1 ? 2 4
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 1 ? 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 13 265 194 71 45 0+ 28 49

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