1975 VFL Round 5: Richmond v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 3 May 1975 between Richmond and South Melbourne during round 5 of the 1975 VFL season. Richmond hosted South Melbourne at MCG. Royce Hart captained the hosts. Peter Bedford captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Graeme John.

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

South Melbourne
P. Bedford (capt.), V. Aanensen, B. Beecroft, G. Brice, P. Brown, M. Browning, R. Cook, J. Dean, R. Doyle, T. Franklin, N. Goss, S. Hoffman, G. Lambert, D. McLeish, G. Miller, D. Pagan, M. Robertson, S. Russ, I. Thomson, B. Woodman

Richmond (19.23.137) defeated South Melbourne (12.14.86).

Goalkickers
Richmond: K. Bartlett (4), R. Hart (4), B. Monteath (3), B. Wood (3), B. Nettlefold (2), C. Clayton, D. Cumming, D. Thorpe
South Melbourne: V. Aanensen (2), M. Browning (2), S. Hoffman (2), I. Thomson (2), P. Bedford, R. Doyle, T. Franklin, N. Goss

As a result of this match, Richmond were then 5th on the ladder (up from 8th) and South Melbourne remained 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Richmond v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 3 May 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 25,296

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. South Melbourne
Score: 19.23.137 - 12.14.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 6 . 5 9 . 7 12 . 13 19 . 23 19 . 23 (137)
South Melbourne 2 . 6 5 . 10 9 . 12 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Margin RICH by 23 RICH by 21 RICH by 19 RICH by 51 RICH by 51
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Tom Hafey (Richmond), Graeme John (South Melbourne)
Captains: Royce Hart (Richmond), Peter Bedford (South Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: K. Quinn

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 7 ? 1 0
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 6 ? 3 1
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 4 3 24 21 3 3 ? 1 2
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 ? 0 0
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 7 ? 2 1
26 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 1 1 20 13 7 1 ? 1 5
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 1 1 17 12 5 2 ? 3 1
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 4 5 16 15 1 5 ? 3 2
19 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 ? 1 1
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 ? 1 3
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 ? 3 1
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 5 ? 2 2
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 3 1 17 14 3 2 ? 5 6
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 3 ? 1 5
51 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 2 3 23 14 9 4 ? 1 1
25 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 ? 2 3
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 2 ? 1 1
14 Thorpe, David ? ? 1 1 25 20 5 3 ? 2 8
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 3 0 20 16 4 7 ? 3 1
Rushed 6
Total (20 players) 19 23 293 228 65 62 0+ 36 44

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Aanensen, Vic ? ? 2 0 6 4 2 2 ? 1 6
11 Bedford, Peter (c) ? ? 1 0 28 13 15 4 ? 3 0
8 Beecroft, Barry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 7 ? 1 2
32 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 ? 1 2
43 Browning, Mark ? ? 2 5 24 15 9 10 ? 0 3
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 6 ? 2 3
38 Dean, Jack ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 ? 2 3
28 Doyle, Robert ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 4 ? 1 3
14 Franklin, Tony ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 2 ? 2 2
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 1 2 14 12 2 3 ? 4 1
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 2 3 20 14 6 3 ? 1 0
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 1 24 19 5 8 ? 5 3
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 23 15 8 4 ? 1 1
5 Miller, Greg ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 ? 3 3
6 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 ? 2 0
23 Robertson, Max ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 7 ? 5 0
48 Russ, Stephen ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 4 ? 2 0
20 Thomson, Ian ? ? 2 3 10 7 3 2 ? 1 2
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 1 ? 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 14 305 217 88 75 0+ 39 36

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