1976 VFL Season Round 17: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 24 July 1976 between Essendon and Richmond during round seventeen of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at Windy Hill. Graham Moss captained the hosts with Ken Fletcher as vice-captain. Francis Bourke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Essendon (8.15.63) were defeated by Richmond (15.16.106).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 24 July 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 21,583

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Richmond
Score: 8.15.63 - 15.16.106

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 2 4 . 6 7 . 8 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Richmond 2 . 3 6 . 6 10 . 13 15 . 16 15 . 16 (106)
Margin RICH by 1 RICH by 12 RICH by 23 RICH by 43 RICH by 43
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Richmond

Captain: Francis Bourke
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bryant
B. Deller

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 2 0 2 3
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 2 1 1 7
3 Beaumont, Steve ? ? 1 1 15 7 8 1 0 2 5
35 Berry, Bill ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 1 1 5 3 2 0 0 2 0
21 Fletcher, Ken (vc) ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 6 0 4 3
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 5 0 1 2
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 0 3 1
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 0 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 1 9 4 5 3 4 0 0
25 Moss, Graham (c) ? ? 0 0 30 7 23 8 11 5 3
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 2 0 4 0
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 4 1 2 0
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 1 17 16 1 2 0 3 2
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 2 0 1 6
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 1 1 12 10 2 2 1 1 2
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 5 1 2 2
17 Tyler, Trevor ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 0 1
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 3 3 27 24 3 4 0 3 2
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 1 3 14 11 3 2 0 3 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 8 15 287 201 86 60 19 39 42

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 0 1 21 14 7 7 13 5 4
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 2 23 20 3 2 0 6 1
45 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 0 0
30 Bourke, Francis (c) ? ? 0 0 27 18 9 6 0 5 1
19 Boyanich, Ray ? ? 1 3 11 8 3 4 0 0 2
7 Carter, Noel ? ? 4 1 15 11 4 3 0 2 0
26 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 1 14 9 5 0 0 2 1
17 Edwards, Allan ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 3 0 0 2
32 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 2 2 26 15 11 5 0 3 3
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 3 0 8 6 2 4 9 1 4
37 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 2 2
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0
19 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 4 0 0 0
22 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 1 0 14 10 4 0 0 2 6
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 3 4
24 Robertson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 0
36 Scrimshaw, Ian ? ? 1 5 25 24 1 6 0 0 2
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 27 15 12 12 0 5 2
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 11 3 8 0 0 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 16 302 220 82 66 22 41 36

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