1975 VFL Season Round 21: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 23 August 1975 between Essendon and Richmond during round twenty-one of the 1975 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at VFL Park. In the absence of Des Tuddenham, vice-captain Alan Noonan captained the hosts with Graham Moss as vice-captain. Kevin Bartlett captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Essendon (17.15.117) were defeated by Richmond (20.16.136).

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 23 August 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 23,601

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Richmond
Score: 17.15.117 - 20.16.136

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 7 7 . 9 12 . 13 17 . 15 17 . 15 (117)
Richmond 4 . 3 12 . 10 14 . 12 20 . 16 20 . 16 (136)
Margin ESSE by 16 RICH by 31 RICH by 11 RICH by 19 RICH by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Alan Noonan (acting)
Vice-Captain: Graham Moss (acting)
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Bartlett
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 2 0 4 1
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 7 0 2 3
20 Boyse, Maurice ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 1 2
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 4 15 11 4 4 0 0 2
9 Demetriou, Jim ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 1
30 Ellen, Russell ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 1 2 1
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Fitzpatrick, Gary ? ? 2 0 13 12 1 2 0 1 2
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 2 0 2 2
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 0 1 1
41 Hartigan, Dean ? ? 0 1 14 9 5 1 0 3 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 3 4 12 10 2 4 8 2 1
25 Moss, Graham (avc) ? ? 3 1 18 7 11 8 14 1 3
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 5 0 1 1
10 Noonan, Alan (ac) ? ? 1 2 14 11 3 2 0 3 2
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 1 1 16 15 1 1 0 1 2
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 3 0 3 7
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 5 0 23 20 3 3 0 3 3
47 Watson, Larry ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 5 0 2 0
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 15 275 221 54 59 23 34 38

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 0 2 18 12 6 6 8 3 2
29 Bartlett, Kevin (c) ? ? 2 3 27 23 4 2 0 1 4
24 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 7 0 2 3
27 Carter, Noel ? ? 2 5 13 10 3 2 0 0 4
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 5 0 2 2
33 Cloke, David ? ? 2 0 16 10 6 6 4 2 0
36 Edwards, Allan ? ? 4 0 8 7 1 1 0 2 0
19 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 6 0 5 1
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 2 0 2 4
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 1 0
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 5 0 0 2
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 3 0 10 10 0 5 9 0 0
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 3 0 23 16 7 6 0 4 1
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 1 0 19 18 1 4 0 3 1
51 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 2 1 3 4
32 Roberts, Neville ? ? 1 1 21 13 8 3 0 3 2
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 2 1 25 20 5 7 0 4 2
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 1 20 15 5 3 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 20 16 304 236 68 74 22 38 34

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