1975 VFL Round 12: Richmond v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 21 June 1975 between Richmond and Fitzroy during round 12 of the 1975 VFL season. Richmond hosted Fitzroy at 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
K. Bartlett (capt.), G. Andrews, N. Balme, G. Betts, G. Bond, N. Carter, D. Cloke, A. Edwards, M. Keane, E. Leech, C. McKellar, B. Monteath, J. Pitura, N. Roberts, K. Sheedy, P. Sproule, S. Taubert, D. Thorpe, W. Walsh, B. Wood

Fitzroy
J. Murphy (capt.), W. Irwin (vice-capt.), R. Carter, J. Christou, J. Duckworth, L. Dwyer, J. Formosa, W. Linton, I. McCulloch, D. McMahon, H. Merrigan, I. Miller, K. O'Keeffe, R. Sault, D. Searl, R. Serafini, A. Sinclair, C. Smith, A. Thompson, D. Wall

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

Goalkickers
Richmond: A. Edwards (3), K. Bartlett (2), B. Monteath (2), N. Roberts (2), W. Walsh (2), N. Balme, N. Carter
Fitzroy: J. Murphy (5), J. Duckworth (2), J. Christou, L. Dwyer, W. Irwin, H. Merrigan, R. Serafini, A. Thompson

As a result of this match, Richmond were then 4th on the ladder (down from 3rd) and Fitzroy were then 10th on the ladder (up from 11th) by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Tom Hafey (Richmond), Kevin Rose (Fitzroy)
Captains: Kevin Bartlett (Richmond), John Murphy (Fitzroy)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Richmond), Warwick Irwin (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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