1976 VFL Season Round 1: Richmond v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 3 April 1976 between Richmond and Fitzroy during round one of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Francis Bourke captained the hosts. John Murphy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Kevin Rose.

Richmond (16.21.117) defeated Fitzroy (14.14.98).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Richmond v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 3 April 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 28,834

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Fitzroy
Score: 16.21.117 - 14.14.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 4 5 . 9 12 . 13 16 . 21 16 . 21 (117)
Fitzroy 4 . 4 6 . 7 11 . 12 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Margin FITZ by 6 FITZ by 4 RICH by 7 RICH by 19 RICH by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Francis Bourke
Coach: Tom Hafey

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Coach: Kevin Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Lyons
N. Nash

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 5 16 3 2
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 1 24 24 0 2 0 1 3
30 Bourke, Francis (c) ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 2 0 3 5
7 Carter, Noel ? ? 2 2 21 18 3 3 0 3 2
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 0 1
33 Cloke, David ? ? 1 2 12 8 4 6 0 1 3
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 0 1 18 11 7 1 0 2 2
17 Edwards, Allan ? ? 3 3 15 12 3 3 0 1 5
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 1 0 21 15 6 3 0 1 3
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 3 2 8 7 1 4 9 2 2
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 0 3
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 2 3
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 4 1 26 21 5 6 0 6 0
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 1 2
3 Pitura, John ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 4 0 3 2
2 Roberts, Neville ? ? 0 0 23 15 8 8 0 0 4
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0
27 Stonehouse, Ken ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Tschirpig, Bruce ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 1 19 12 7 6 0 2 4
Rushed 8
Total (20 players) 16 21 283 213 70 62 25 31 46

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 27 4 2
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 1 0 2 3
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 13 1 1
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 1 3 5 5 0 3 6 0 5
20 Christou, Jim ? ? 2 0 12 9 3 4 0 1 0
17 Duckworth, John ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 1
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 1 19 12 7 5 0 2 2
19 McMahon, David ? ? 1 0 20 13 7 2 0 4 4
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 2 0
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 2 0 4 1
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 0 3 24 18 6 2 0 4 1
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 3 1 4 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 2 4
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 1 0 24 16 8 2 0 2 2
12 Sault, Ray ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
31 Sinclair, Allan ? ? 1 1 12 8 4 6 4 2 1
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 5 1 7 6 1 5 0 0 1
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 2 11 7 4 4 1 2 1
15 Whitford, Don ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 1 1
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 2 2 31 22 9 2 0 7 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 14 269 193 76 55 52 45 32

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