1975 VFL Round 10: Richmond v Essendon
This is the match report for the match played on 7 June 1975 between Richmond and Essendon during round 10 of the 1975 VFL season.
Richmond hosted Essendon at MCG.
Royce Hart captained the hosts.
Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with Alan Noonan as vice-captain.
The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.
Richmond
R. Hart (capt.), G. Andrews, N. Balme, K. Bartlett, G. Bond, F. Bourke, C. Clayton, D. Cloke, D. Cumming, A. Edwards, M. Green, E. Leech, C. McKellar, K. Morris, J. Pitura, N. Roberts, K. Sheedy, P. Sproule, D. Thorpe, B. Wood
Essendon
D. Tuddenham (capt.), A. Noonan (vice-capt.), R. Amos, R. Andrews, S. Beaumont, R. Close, N. Fields, K. Fletcher, G. Foulds, B. Grinter, D. Hartigan, S. Madden, L. Moloney, G. Moss, R. Newton, G. Parkes, K. Roberts, S. Robins, R. Smith, A. Wilson
Richmond (19.14.128) defeated Essendon (12.9.81).
Goalkickers
Richmond: N. Roberts (4), N. Balme (3), G. Bond (3), K. Bartlett (2), D. Cumming (2), A. Edwards (2), M. Green, R. Hart, B. Wood
Essendon: D. Tuddenham (3), G. Foulds (2), G. Parkes (2), A. Wilson (2), R. Amos, A. Noonan, S. Robins
As a result of this match, Richmond were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 5th) and Essendon were then 4th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1975 VFL Season
Round:
Round 10
Teams:
Richmond
v
Essendon
Date:
Saturday 7 June 1975
Time:
2:10 PM
Venue:
MCG
Attendance:
49,469
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond | 4 | . | 3 | 9 | . | 7 | 10 | . | 11 | 19 | . | 14 | 19 | . | 14 | (128) |
| Essendon | 5 | . | 0 | 6 | . | 3 | 10 | . | 7 | 12 | . | 9 | 12 | . | 9 | (81) |
| Margin | ESSE by 3 | RICH by 22 | RICH by 4 | RICH by 47 | RICH by 47 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Tom Hafey
(Richmond),
Des Tuddenham
(Essendon)
Captains:
Royce Hart
(Richmond),
Des Tuddenham
(Essendon)
Vice-Captains:
unknown
(Richmond),
Alan Noonan
(Essendon)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
M. Dye
Player Statistics
Richmond
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Andrews, Gareth | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ? | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Balme, Neil | ? | ? | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 5 | ? | 2 | 5 |
| 29 | Bartlett, Kevin | ? | ? | 2 | 2 | 30 | 23 | 7 | 3 | ? | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | Bond, Graeme | ? | ? | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | ? | 2 | 1 |
| 30 | Bourke, Francis | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 4 | ? | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | Clayton, Cameron | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | ? | 3 | 4 |
| 33 | Cloke, David | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 6 | ? | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Cumming, Daryl | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ? | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Edwards, Allan | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 1 | ? | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Green, Mike | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ? | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Hart, Royce (c) | ? | ? | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | ? | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Leech, Eric | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 7 | ? | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | McKellar, Craig | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ? | 2 | 1 |
| 38 | Morris, Kevin | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | ? | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Pitura, John | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 3 | ? | 3 | 2 |
| 32 | Roberts, Neville | ? | ? | 4 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 6 | ? | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Sheedy, Kevin | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | ? | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | Sproule, Paul | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ? | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Thorpe, David | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 1 | ? | 4 | 2 |
| 16 | Wood, Bryan | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 5 | ? | 1 | 1 |
| Rushed | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 19 | 14 | 290 | 213 | 77 | 59 | 0+ | 31 | 33 | |||
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Amos, Robert | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | ? | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Andrews, Ron | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 5 | ? | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Beaumont, Steve | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ? | 1 | 4 |
| 19 | Close, Robin | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 8 | ? | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Fields, Neville | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | ? | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Fletcher, Ken | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 7 | ? | 3 | 1 |
| 38 | Foulds, Garry | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | ? | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Grinter, Barry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 5 | ? | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | Hartigan, Dean | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ? | 2 | 2 |
| 27 | Madden, Simon | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | ? | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Moloney, Laurie | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | ? | 3 | 1 |
| 25 | Moss, Graham | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 3 | ? | 5 | 2 |
| 2 | Newton, Rob | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ? | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Noonan, Alan (vc) | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | ? | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Parkes, Gary | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 3 | ? | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Roberts, Ken | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ? | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Robins, Stephen | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 4 | ? | 1 | 1 |
| 43 | Smith, Ray | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | ? | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | Tuddenham, Des (c) | ? | ? | 3 | 0 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 5 | ? | 4 | 3 |
| 33 | Wilson, Andy | ? | ? | 2 | 3 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 12 | 9 | 260 | 204 | 56 | 67 | 0+ | 33 | 31 | |||