1975 VFL Round 17: Richmond v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 26 July 1975 between Richmond and Collingwood during round 17 of the 1975 VFL season. Richmond hosted Collingwood at MCG. Royce Hart captained the hosts. Wayne Richardson captained the visitors with Len Thompson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Murray Weideman.

Richmond
R. Hart (capt.), N. Balme, K. Bartlett, F. Bourke, N. Carter, D. Clay, C. Clayton, D. Cloke, M. Green, N. Jenkinson, M. Keane, C. McKellar, B. Monteath, K. Morris, J. Pitura, N. Roberts, K. Sheedy, P. Sproule, S. Taubert, B. Wood

Collingwood
W. Richardson (capt.), L. Thompson (vice-capt.), G. Anderson, S. Clifford, I. Cooper, R. Dean, R. Dunne, W. Gordon, D. Gott, J. Greening, B. Heard, A. Ireland, R. Kink, P. Manassa, D. O'Callaghan, B. Picken, M. Richardson, R. Shaw, G. Shephard, J. Wise

Richmond (16.19.115) defeated Collingwood (10.9.69).

Goalkickers
Richmond: K. Bartlett (4), N. Balme (2), N. Carter (2), M. Green (2), J. Pitura (2), R. Hart, C. McKellar, B. Monteath, P. Sproule
Collingwood: R. Shaw (3), R. Dunne (2), A. Ireland (2), W. Richardson (2), B. Heard

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

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Richmond v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 26 July 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 56,846

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Collingwood
Score: 16.19.115 - 10.9.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 2 9 . 7 12 . 16 16 . 19 16 . 19 (115)
Collingwood 6 . 2 7 . 4 7 . 5 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Margin COLL by 18 RICH by 15 RICH by 41 RICH by 46 RICH by 46
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Tom Hafey (Richmond), Murray Weideman (Collingwood)
Captains: Royce Hart (Richmond), Wayne Richardson (Collingwood)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Richmond), Len Thompson (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Henry

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 2 0 8 5 3 2 1 4 2
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 4 1 32 27 5 5 0 2 2
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 0 0 3 1
27 Carter, Noel ? ? 2 1 25 22 3 2 0 2 1
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 3 0 0 1
26 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 2 23 14 9 1 0 2 3
33 Cloke, David ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 5 0 3 5
37 Green, Mike ? ? 2 1 21 7 14 9 16 3 1
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 6 0 2 7
47 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 0 0
19 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 2 1
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 5 15 1 2
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 1 0 22 15 7 5 0 3 2
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 1 0 2 1
3 Pitura, John ? ? 2 4 19 14 5 1 0 2 6
32 Roberts, Neville ? ? 0 6 23 11 12 3 0 1 5
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 3 0 4 3
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
47 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 5 0 2 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 19 312 215 97 59 32 38 47

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 0 1 17 16 1 7 0 2 0
20 Clifford, Stephen ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 1
10 Cooper, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 6 2
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 5 0 4 3
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 2 1 12 12 0 4 2 1 2
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 3 3
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 3 1
22 Greening, John ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 4 2
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 6 16 2 1
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 2 1 12 12 0 2 0 1 1
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 2 0 1 1
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 3 4
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 1 1
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 4 0 6 5
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 1 2
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 2 0 17 15 2 2 0 1 2
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 3 0 19 19 0 3 0 3 3
7 Shephard, Graeme ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 3 2
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 6 2 2
37 Wise, John ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 10 9 238 206 32 57 24 47 38

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