1975 VFL Round 4: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 26 April 1975 between Footscray and Richmond during round 4 of the 1975 VFL season. Footscray hosted Richmond at Western Oval. Laurie Sandilands captained the hosts. Royce Hart captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Footscray
L. Sandilands (capt.), R. Abbey, D. Collins, G. Dempsey, I. Dunstan, P. Featherby, A. Gallagher, R. Huppatz, G. Jennings, I. Low, M. McMillan, G. Merrington, I. Morrison, G. Parke, S. Power, B. Quinlan, B. Round, A. Stoneham, K. Templeton, T. Wheeler

Richmond
R. Hart (capt.), N. Balme, K. Bartlett, F. Bourke, D. Clay, C. Clayton, D. Cloke, D. Cumming, M. Keane, R. Lamb, E. Leech, C. McKellar, B. Monteath, K. Morris, B. Roberts, K. Sheedy, P. Sproule, I. Stewart, D. Thorpe, B. Wood

Footscray (16.13.109) defeated Richmond (4.19.43).

Goalkickers
Footscray: I. Dunstan (3), I. Low (3), L. Sandilands (3), K. Templeton (3), G. Parke (2), R. Huppatz, G. Jennings
Richmond: K. Bartlett, D. Cumming, B. Monteath, P. Sproule

As a result of this match, Footscray remained 4th on the ladder and Richmond were then 8th on the ladder (down from 5th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 26 April 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 25,388

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Richmond
Score: 16.13.109 - 4.19.43

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 0 6 . 4 9 . 5 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Richmond 2 . 3 3 . 7 3 . 19 4 . 19 4 . 19 (43)
Margin RICH by 9 FOOT by 15 FOOT by 22 FOOT by 66 FOOT by 66
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bob Rose (Footscray), Tom Hafey (Richmond)
Captains: Laurie Sandilands (Footscray), Royce Hart (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: H. Lyons

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 2 ? 2 3
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 8 ? 1 0
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 3 0 30 21 9 2 ? 3 2
5 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 1 28 20 8 4 ? 0 2
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 ? 1 1
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 1 0 23 20 3 5 ? 3 2
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 2 ? 0 0
28 Low, Ian ? ? 3 0 10 9 1 1 ? 1 1
16 McMillan, Marty ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 2 ? 1 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 ? 2 1
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 4 ? 1 3
1 Parke, Greg ? ? 2 2 19 11 8 5 ? 2 3
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 ? 2 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 1 20 19 1 7 ? 1 1
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 ? 2 2
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 3 4 25 16 9 7 ? 2 1
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 4 ? 1 2
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 3 4 12 9 3 5 ? 0 1
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 4 ? 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 13 330 257 73 72 0+ 27 28

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 0 2 12 6 6 4 ? 2 2
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 3 17 16 1 1 ? 2 5
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 6 ? 3 4
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 ? 1 2
26 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 5 ? 2 2
33 Cloke, David ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 1 ? 1 1
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 11 ? 3 0
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 0 3 13 10 3 1 ? 1 1
19 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 4 ? 1 1
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 0 4 14 13 1 2 ? 1 2
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 ? 2 1
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 3 ? 1 1
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 0 ? 1 0
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 0 30 23 7 3 ? 3 0
25 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 ? 1 0
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 5 ? 1 2
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 1 2 18 16 2 8 ? 1 1
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 7 ? 1 1
14 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 ? 0 2
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 ? 1 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 4 19 269 217 52 67 0+ 29 28

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