1975 VFL Season Round 12: Richmond v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 21 June 1975 between Richmond and Fitzroy during round twelve of the 1975 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Kevin Bartlett captained the hosts. John Murphy captained the visitors with Warwick Irwin as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Kevin Rose.

Richmond (13.18.96) were defeated by Fitzroy (13.20.98).

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Richmond v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 21 June 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 21,049

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Fitzroy
Score: 13.18.96 - 13.20.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 2 6 . 10 13 . 12 13 . 18 13 . 18 (96)
Fitzroy 5 . 4 6 . 8 10 . 13 13 . 20 13 . 20 (98)
Margin FITZ by 14 RICH by 2 RICH by 17 FITZ by 2 FITZ by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Bartlett
Coach: Tom Hafey

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Vice-Captain: Warwick Irwin
Coach: Kevin Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 3 ? 1 0
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 1 0 14 8 6 7 ? 1 3
29 Bartlett, Kevin (c) ? ? 2 1 26 24 2 1 ? 2 1
50 Betts, Gerald ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 5 ? 1 1
24 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 ? 0 0
27 Carter, Noel ? ? 1 0 21 18 3 1 ? 5 4
33 Cloke, David ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 6 ? 1 1
36 Edwards, Allan ? ? 3 4 9 9 0 4 ? 1 1
19 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 2 ? 2 1
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 2 ? 0 0
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 7 ? 2 0
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 2 3 21 15 6 5 ? 4 2
3 Pitura, John ? ? 0 2 18 14 4 3 ? 2 1
32 Roberts, Neville ? ? 2 1 7 6 1 3 ? 1 1
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 3 ? 1 2
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 1 21 16 5 3 ? 3 2
47 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
14 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 2 11 10 1 0 ? 2 2
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 2 0 13 7 6 1 ? 2 4
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 6 ? 2 3
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 13 18 283 210 73 62 0+ 33 29

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
40 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 ? 2 1
20 Christou, Jim ? ? 1 2 12 9 3 7 ? 0 4
17 Duckworth, John ? ? 2 1 18 16 2 11 ? 3 6
42 Dwyer, Lex ? ? 1 0 20 18 2 5 ? 0 2
16 Formosa, John ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 ? 0 1
7 Irwin, Warwick (vc) ? ? 1 1 22 19 3 2 ? 1 2
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 0 28 22 6 6 ? 2 0
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 8 ? 1 2
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 1 29 25 4 5 ? 3 2
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 2 ? 0 0
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 5 ? 3 1
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 5 3 24 19 5 8 ? 1 4
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 4 ? 0 1
12 Sault, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 ? 3 4
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 1 ? 1 0
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 1 8 21 15 6 4 ? 1 1
31 Sinclair, Allan ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 3 ? 2 0
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 6 ? 1 1
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 1 1 20 13 7 1 ? 4 0
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 1 ? 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 20 317 245 72 84 0+ 29 33

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