1976 VFL Round 20: Richmond v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 14 August 1976 between Richmond and South Melbourne during round 20 of the 1976 VFL season. Richmond hosted South Melbourne at MCG. Francis Bourke captained the hosts. Peter Bedford captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Ian Stewart.

Richmond
F. Bourke (capt.), N. Balme, K. Bartlett, I. Borchard, R. Boyanich, C. Clayton, D. Cloke, G. Gaunt, R. Hart, B. Heard, N. Jenkinson, M. Keane, R. Lamb, E. Leech, M. Malthouse, K. Morris, N. Roberts, G. Robertson, K. Sheedy, B. Wood

South Melbourne
P. Bedford (capt.), G. Brice, P. Brown, M. Browning, R. Dean, G. Dempster, B. Goodingham, N. Goss, S. Gull, R. Hodges, S. Hoffman, C. Hounsell, D. McLeish, G. Miller, P. Morrison, R. Quade, J. Rantall, M. Robertson, B. Round, B. Woodman

Richmond (16.14.110) defeated South Melbourne (12.12.84).

Goalkickers
Richmond: R. Lamb (6), N. Balme (2), R. Hart (2), K. Bartlett, G. Gaunt, B. Heard, K. Morris, K. Sheedy, B. Wood
South Melbourne: R. Dean (3), S. Gull (3), S. Hoffman (3), G. Dempster, R. Quade, B. Woodman

As a result of this match, Richmond were then 9th on the ladder (up from 10th) and South Melbourne were then 10th on the ladder (down from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Richmond v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 14 August 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 20,817

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. South Melbourne
Score: 16.14.110 - 12.12.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 4 6 . 8 9 . 12 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
South Melbourne 2 . 4 3 . 6 7 . 12 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Margin level RICH by 20 RICH by 12 RICH by 26 RICH by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Tom Hafey (Richmond), Ian Stewart (South Melbourne)
Captains: Francis Bourke (Richmond), Peter Bedford (South Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: T. Bryant, H. Lyons

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 2 1 20 13 7 7 12 3 4
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 1 29 23 6 6 0 1 0
51 Borchard, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 3 14 6 0 0 0
30 Bourke, Francis (c) ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 4 5
19 Boyanich, Ray ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
26 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 2 0 0 3
33 Cloke, David ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 8 4 0 4
32 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 1 0 24 16 8 3 0 2 2
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 2 2 12 8 4 3 0 1 0
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 1 0 4 2 2 3 8 0 2
37 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 2 0
19 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 10 0 2 0
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 6 1 23 21 2 7 0 1 1
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 5 0 1 3
22 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 3 0 6 6
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 1 1 20 18 2 1 0 3 2
2 Roberts, Neville ? ? 0 1 7 3 4 1 0 0 1
24 Robertson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 1 0
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 1 0 25 20 5 6 0 2 2
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 1 1 28 16 12 11 0 1 6
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 16 14 330 233 97 91 24 30 41

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Bedford, Peter (c) ? ? 0 2 20 15 5 4 0 2 1
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 2 24 22 2 7 0 3 1
32 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1
43 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 2 0 2 1
18 Dean, Robert ? ? 3 1 12 7 5 2 1 2 2
13 Dempster, Graham ? ? 1 0 8 8 0 7 1 0 1
28 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 3 14 3 1
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 0 2 34 23 11 1 0 4 1
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 3 1 11 8 3 6 1 1 2
17 Hodges, Russ ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 3 0 21 14 7 4 0 0 2
37 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 2 0 2 2
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 5 0 1 2
1 Miller, Greg ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 1 1
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 3 0 4 2
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 1 1 21 20 1 4 1 3 2
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 0 0 2 2
23 Robertson, Max ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 6 0 1 2
25 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 25 14 11 6 17 7 1
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 1 1 12 6 6 2 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 12 309 224 85 68 35 41 30

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