1975 VFL Round 14: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 5 July 1975 between Richmond and Footscray during round 14 of the 1975 VFL season. Richmond hosted Footscray at MCG. Royce Hart captained the hosts. Laurie Sandilands captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Richmond
R. Hart (capt.), N. Balme, K. Bartlett, G. Betts, G. Bond, F. Bourke, N. Carter, D. Clay, D. Cloke, D. Cumming, A. Edwards, M. Green, M. Keane, E. Leech, R. McGhie, B. Monteath, B. Nettlefold, J. Pitura, K. Sheedy, B. Wood

Footscray
L. Sandilands (capt.), G. Casey, D. Collins, C. Dell, I. Dunstan, P. Featherby, A. Gallagher, J. Gieschen, R. Huppatz, G. Merrington, I. Morrison, G. Parke, L. Perussich, S. Power, B. Quinlan, B. Round, I. Salmon, A. Stoneham, K. Templeton, T. Wheeler

Richmond (17.18.120) defeated Footscray (12.10.82).

Goalkickers
Richmond: R. Hart (5), B. Monteath (5), N. Balme, K. Bartlett, N. Carter, D. Cloke, A. Edwards, B. Nettlefold, J. Pitura
Footscray: D. Collins (3), K. Templeton (3), I. Morrison (2), A. Gallagher, B. Quinlan, L. Sandilands, T. Wheeler

As a result of this match, Richmond remained 3rd on the ladder and Footscray were then 6th on the ladder (down from 5th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 5 July 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 29,501

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Footscray
Score: 17.18.120 - 12.10.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 6 . 5 11 . 10 14 . 16 17 . 18 17 . 18 (120)
Footscray 3 . 3 9 . 5 11 . 6 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Margin RICH by 20 RICH by 17 RICH by 28 RICH by 38 RICH by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Tom Hafey (Richmond), Bob Rose (Footscray)
Captains: Royce Hart (Richmond), Laurie Sandilands (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: K. Smith

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 4 7 1 0
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 2 29 24 5 1 0 4 3
50 Betts, Gerald ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 1 1 2 1
24 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 2 0 1 2
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 28 19 9 3 0 1 2
27 Carter, Noel ? ? 1 2 26 19 7 3 0 5 2
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 1
33 Cloke, David ? ? 1 2 17 9 8 7 9 1 2
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Edwards, Allan ? ? 1 0 23 16 7 7 0 0 1
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 1 12 7 5 6 29 1 3
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 5 3 12 8 4 6 0 1 3
19 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 2 0 3 0
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 3 0 0 0
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 1 2
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 5 4 33 28 5 6 0 6 4
51 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 1 0 7 3 4 1 0 0 2
3 Pitura, John ? ? 1 2 20 11 9 4 0 1 2
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 3 2 4 3
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 6 0 3 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 18 328 230 98 66 48 36 36

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 2 0 1 1
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 3 1 15 9 6 4 0 0 2
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 1 2
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 1 2
5 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 3 0 9 2
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 1 0 22 19 3 5 0 5 3
27 Gieschen, Jeff ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 0 1 7 7 0 0 0 3 6
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 2 1 9 9 0 4 0 1 2
1 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 1 23 18 5 13 0 1 2
37 Perussich, Lee ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 2 1
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 2 0 3 2
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 2 18 16 2 10 14 0 1
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 4 12 2 0
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 6 3 1 2
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 1 1 11 9 2 3 0 2 1
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 1 0
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 3 0 4 4 0 2 0 1 0
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 1 0 1 5
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 10 245 201 44 68 29 36 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