1976 VFL Season Round 6: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 8 May 1976 between Richmond and Essendon during round six of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at VFL Park. Francis Bourke captained the hosts. Graham Moss captained the visitors with Ken Fletcher as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Richmond (17.17.119) defeated Essendon (9.10.64).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 8 May 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 27,631

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 17.17.119 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 3 9 . 9 15 . 13 17 . 17 17 . 17 (119)
Essendon 2 . 0 2 . 1 6 . 7 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Margin RICH by 9 RICH by 50 RICH by 60 RICH by 55 RICH by 55
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Francis Bourke
Coach: Tom Hafey

Essendon

Captain: Graham Moss
Vice-Captain: Ken Fletcher
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Fellows
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 5 0 9 7 2 7 6 1 5
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 3 24 22 2 3 0 4 3
45 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 1
30 Bourke, Francis (c) ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 4 0 2 2
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 0 2 1
26 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 1 0 1 2
33 Cloke, David ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 4 0 0 0
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 0 0
17 Edwards, Allan ? ? 2 3 18 18 0 5 0 3 0
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 2 3 17 10 7 5 0 1 0
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 2 0 15 9 6 8 20 1 0
19 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 2 0 2 1
35 Mattson, Don ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 0
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 3 1
40 Raines, Geoff ? ? 1 2 14 12 2 2 0 3 3
2 Roberts, Neville ? ? 2 0 19 10 9 4 1 2 4
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 5 0 3 3
27 Stonehouse, Ken ? ? 0 1 17 8 9 1 1 3 2
14 Thorpe, David ? ? 1 0 27 21 6 5 0 5 2
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 1 21 16 5 7 0 4 5
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 17 17 318 224 94 74 28 40 35

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 2 2
35 Berry, Bill ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
7 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 3 0 9 7 2 3 0 2 2
45 Burdett, Geoff ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 1
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 1 9 6 3 4 0 1 5
9 Demetriou, Jim ? ? 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 2
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 1 19 15 4 6 0 3 5
21 Fletcher, Ken (vc) ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 5 0 3 3
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 1 1 19 16 3 3 0 3 3
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 0 2
16 Hatcher, Graeme ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 2 2
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 1 0 17 13 4 5 0 3 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 1 7 5 2 4 1 0 0
25 Moss, Graham (c) ? ? 0 1 23 14 9 13 8 2 3
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 0
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 1 0 3 2
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 1 0 15 15 0 4 0 1 4
22 Watson, Larry ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 3 1
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 7 0 3 2
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 0 4 23 22 1 6 0 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 10 256 206 50 74 9 35 40

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