1975 VFL Round 21: Essendon v Richmond
This is the match report for the match played on 23 August 1975 between Essendon and Richmond during round 21 of the 1975 VFL season.
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
A. Noonan (capt.), G. Moss (vice-capt.), R. Amos, R. Andrews, M. Boyse, R. Close, J. Demetriou, R. Ellen, N. Fields, G. Fitzpatrick, K. Fletcher, B. Grinter, D. Hartigan, S. Madden, R. Newton, G. Parkes, K. Roberts, B. Walsh, L. Watson, P. Wellington
Richmond
K. Bartlett (capt.), G. Andrews, N. Balme, G. Bond, F. Bourke, N. Carter, D. Clay, D. Cloke, A. Edwards, M. Keane, R. Lamb, E. Leech, R. McGhie, C. McKellar, B. Monteath, K. Morris, B. Nettlefold, N. Roberts, W. Walsh, B. Wood
Essendon (17.15.117) were defeated by Richmond (20.16.136).
Goalkickers
Essendon: B. Walsh (5), S. Madden (3), G. Moss (3), G. Fitzpatrick (2), R. Close, K. Fletcher, A. Noonan, G. Parkes
Richmond: A. Edwards (4), C. McKellar (3), B. Monteath (3), K. Bartlett (2), N. Carter (2), D. Cloke (2), W. Walsh (2), K. Morris, N. Roberts
As a result of this match, Essendon were then 10th on the ladder (down from 9th) and Richmond remained 4th on the ladder by the end of the round.
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
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
Coaches:
Des Tuddenham
(Essendon),
Tom Hafey
(Richmond)
Captains:
Alan Noonan
(Essendon),
Kevin Bartlett
(Richmond)
Vice-Captains:
Graham Moss
(Essendon),
unknown
(Richmond)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
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 | |||