1975 VFL Season Round 2: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 12 April 1975 between Richmond and Geelong during round two of the 1975 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Geelong at the MCG. Royce Hart captained the hosts. Sam Newman captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Graham Farmer.

Richmond (15.22.112) defeated Geelong (10.12.72).

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Richmond v Geelong
Date: Saturday 12 April 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 33,600

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Geelong
Score: 15.22.112 - 10.12.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 7 6 . 9 13 . 13 15 . 22 15 . 22 (112)
Geelong 2 . 2 4 . 6 7 . 8 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Margin RICH by 11 RICH by 15 RICH by 41 RICH by 40 RICH by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Royce Hart
Coach: Tom Hafey

Geelong

Captain: Sam Newman
Coach: Graham Farmer

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 9 6 3 4 ? 0 2
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 3 ? 0 1
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 1 0 28 20 8 5 ? 2 3
33 Cloke, David ? ? 0 3 17 8 9 6 ? 1 2
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 2 0 13 7 6 1 ? 0 0
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 5 1 10 8 2 5 ? 2 3
19 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 24 14 10 5 ? 2 2
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 0 2 5 5 0 2 ? 0 0
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 ? 0 2
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 0 ? 0 2
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 1 1 12 6 6 3 ? 0 1
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 1 3 15 11 4 1 ? 3 3
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 0 ? 1 2
25 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 ? 0 0
32 Roberts, Neville ? ? 2 1 18 10 8 2 ? 1 3
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 1 1 23 15 8 1 ? 1 2
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 2 17 15 2 2 ? 2 2
14 Thorpe, David ? ? 1 1 30 16 14 3 ? 1 3
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 3 ? 1 2
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 1 29 21 8 5 ? 2 0
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 15 22 312 203 109 52 0+ 19 35

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Barkley, David ? ? 0 4 9 8 1 2 ? 6 0
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 ? 1 1
32 Crawford, Leigh ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 5 ? 3 1
29 Deeath, Rex ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 6 ? 1 0
36 Doyle, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 ? 0 0
41 Eddy, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 ? 3 1
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 1 0 10 3 7 2 ? 0 1
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 ? 0 1
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 2 0 17 15 2 2 ? 1 2
6 Hunt, Rex ? ? 3 0 10 9 1 7 ? 1 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 3 ? 5 0
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 2 26 23 3 2 ? 2 1
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 2 2 18 10 8 6 ? 0 3
17 Newman, Sam (c) ? ? 1 0 22 15 7 4 ? 1 2
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 ? 1 2
43 Scale, Doug ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 ? 3 1
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 3 ? 2 0
27 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 1 4 18 16 2 3 ? 3 1
11 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 ? 0 1
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 6 ? 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 12 268 206 62 61 0+ 34 20

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