1976 VFL Season Round 5: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 1 May 1976 between Richmond and Footscray during round five of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at the MCG. Francis Bourke captained the hosts. Laurie Sandilands captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Bill Goggin.

Richmond (12.17.89) were defeated by Footscray (15.20.110).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 1 May 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 31,434

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Footscray
Score: 12.17.89 - 15.20.110

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 2 6 . 10 9 . 13 12 . 17 12 . 17 (89)
Footscray 4 . 5 7 . 11 12 . 16 15 . 20 15 . 20 (110)
Margin FOOT by 3 FOOT by 7 FOOT by 21 FOOT by 21 FOOT by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Francis Bourke
Coach: Tom Hafey

Footscray

Captain: Laurie Sandilands
Coach: Bill Goggin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Lyons
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 2 2
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 3 28 27 1 5 1 3 1
30 Bourke, Francis (c) ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 4 1 2 4
7 Carter, Noel ? ? 1 1 12 11 1 3 0 4 0
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 1 2 9 9 0 3 0 2 2
26 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 1 18 12 6 3 0 4 3
33 Cloke, David ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 0 1 15 8 7 3 0 0 2
17 Edwards, Allan ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 1 0 0 3
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 2 1 9 9 0 1 0 2 2
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 9 9 0 1
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 0 2
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 2 0 1 2
3 Pitura, John ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 2 0 4 5
40 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 2 3
2 Roberts, Neville ? ? 1 1 13 8 5 5 0 0 6
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 4 0 3 0
27 Stonehouse, Ken ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2
9 Taubert, Steven ? ? 4 4 10 10 0 5 1 0 2
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 6 1 2 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 17 265 206 59 65 13 33 45

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 1 0 19 17 2 7 0 1 2
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 4 0 2 2
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 10 19 3 0
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 3 0 2 2
5 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 1 31 24 7 3 0 5 3
27 Gieschen, Jeff ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 7 0 2 1
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 2 3 30 24 6 6 0 3 2
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 0 2 23 18 5 4 0 0 2
28 Low, Ian ? ? 3 1 23 16 7 1 0 2 3
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 5 8 1 2
23 Perussich, Lee ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 4 0 3 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 3 4 19 18 1 6 3 5 3
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 5 0 3 1
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 4 0 2 1
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 5 3 13 13 0 8 0 1 0
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 4 5 2 3
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 0 0 3 1
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 3 17 10 7 3 0 5 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 20 315 244 71 84 35 45 33

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