1975 VFL Season Round 14: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 5 July 1975 between Richmond and Footscray during round fourteen of the 1975 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at the 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 (17.18.120) defeated Footscray (12.10.82).

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

Richmond

Captain: Royce Hart
Coach: Tom Hafey

Footscray

Captain: Laurie Sandilands
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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