1975 VFL Season 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 five of the 1975 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted South Melbourne at the 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 (19.23.137) defeated South Melbourne (12.14.86).

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

Richmond

Captain: Royce Hart
Coach: Tom Hafey

South Melbourne

Captain: Peter Bedford
Coach: Graeme John

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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