1976 VFL Round 16: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 17 July 1976 between Footscray and Richmond during round 16 of the 1976 VFL season. Footscray hosted Richmond at VFL Park. Francis Bourke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Goggin and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Footscray
R. Abbey, D. Blair, D. Collins, C. Dell, G. Dempsey, P. Featherby, G. Jennings, M. Kelly, I. Morrison, P. Munro, R. Murrie, K. Newland, L. Perussich, S. Power, B. Quinlan, I. Salmon, G. Simmons, K. Templeton, T. Wheeler, T. Whitten

Richmond
F. Bourke (capt.), N. Balme, K. Bartlett, R. Boyanich, C. Clayton, E. Dunne, A. Edwards, G. Gaunt, B. Heard, N. Jenkinson, J. Jess, M. Keane, R. Lamb, M. Malthouse, R. McGhie, G. Raines, G. Robertson, I. Scrimshaw, K. Sheedy, M. Thompson

Footscray (15.6.96) defeated Richmond (12.19.91).

Goalkickers
Footscray: B. Quinlan (4), K. Templeton (4), I. Morrison (3), R. Abbey (2), G. Jennings, M. Kelly
Richmond: K. Bartlett (2), C. Clayton (2), E. Dunne (2), B. Heard (2), J. Jess (2), R. Boyanich, R. Lamb

As a result of this match, Footscray remained 5th on the ladder and Richmond were then 9th on the ladder (down from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 17 July 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 22,795

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Richmond
Score: 15.6.96 - 12.19.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 5 . 0 9 . 4 13 . 5 15 . 6 15 . 6 (96)
Richmond 0 . 6 4 . 9 9 . 16 12 . 19 12 . 19 (91)
Margin FOOT by 24 FOOT by 25 FOOT by 13 FOOT by 5 FOOT by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bill Goggin (Footscray), Tom Hafey (Richmond)
Captains: unknown (Footscray), Francis Bourke (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Henry, H. Lyons

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 2 0 32 16 16 5 0 2 1
16 Blair, Dennis ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 4 0 1 2
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 28 24 4 7 0 4 2
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 0 4
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 13 28 2 1
5 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 2 2
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 1 1 25 21 4 3 0 1 2
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 1 0 20 14 6 7 0 2 1
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 3 1 8 8 0 4 0 1 0
10 Munro, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 1 2 2
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 2 1
6 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 1
23 Perussich, Lee ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 3 0 2 1
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 0 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 4 2 20 15 5 6 2 1 3
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 21 10 11 3 2 2 2
29 Simmons, Grant ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 4 0 6 6 0 3 1 0 2
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 6 0 2 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 4 0 3 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 6 321 230 91 84 34 29 33

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 8 9 5 5
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 2 1 24 22 2 3 0 2 4
30 Bourke, Francis (c) ? ? 0 0 22 10 12 3 0 2 1
19 Boyanich, Ray ? ? 1 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 0
26 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 2 4 18 13 5 3 0 1 1
36 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 2 0 9 5 4 2 3 1 0
17 Edwards, Allan ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 6 0 2 2
32 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 2 30 23 7 4 0 1 0
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 2 0 8 5 3 5 14 1 2
37 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 5 0 0 2
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 2 1 11 9 2 7 0 2 0
19 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 0
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 1 2 18 12 6 3 0 1 0
22 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 4 0 2 3
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 1 0
40 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 4 0 2 1
24 Robertson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 3 2
36 Scrimshaw, Ian ? ? 0 5 13 10 3 6 0 2 4
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 7 0 4 2
23 Thompson, Murray ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 5 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 19 303 207 96 81 26 38 29

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