1977 VFL Season Elimination Final: Richmond v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 3 September 1977 between Richmond and South Melbourne in the elimination final of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted South Melbourne at VFL Park. Francis Bourke captained the hosts. Ricky Quade captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Barry Richardson and the visitors were coached by Ian Stewart.

Richmond (13.10.88) defeated South Melbourne (7.12.54).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Elimination Final
Teams: Richmond v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 3 September 1977
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 63,663

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. South Melbourne
Score: 13.10.88 - 7.12.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 5 . 4 7 . 6 11 . 8 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
South Melbourne 2 . 3 6 . 7 6 . 10 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Margin RICH by 19 RICH by 5 RICH by 28 RICH by 34 RICH by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Francis Bourke
Coach: Barry Richardson

South Melbourne

Captain: Ricky Quade
Coach: Ian Stewart

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 1 28 25 3 6 0 3 4
30 Bourke, Francis (c) ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 4 0 2 3
33 Cloke, David ? ? 2 2 20 16 4 7 15 7 0
5 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 2 0 17 10 7 5 7 2 5
17 Edwards, Allan ? ? 2 0 14 11 3 9 0 3 6
37 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 2 1
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 5 0 2 2
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 1 4
25 Laughlin, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 1 0 20 14 6 5 0 2 4
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 3
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 2 0 25 22 3 10 0 3 6
9 Noonan, Alan ? ? 1 2 8 8 0 5 0 0 3
3 Pitura, John ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 3 0 5 4
40 Raines, Geoff ? ? 1 0 17 16 1 5 0 1 2
2 Roberts, Neville ? ? 1 2 18 11 7 6 0 3 6
24 Robertson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 3 3
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 2 0 5 2
31 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 0
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 8 0 4 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 10 296 223 73 85 22 48 61

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 3 2
43 Browning, Mark ? ? 1 0 19 13 6 2 0 3 2
2 Daniher, Terry ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 1 0 4 9
18 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 1
13 Dempster, Graham ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 1
36 Elliott, Chris ? ? 0 2 19 14 5 2 0 5 2
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 1 2 22 20 2 2 0 4 3
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 0 0 1 5
27 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 0 0 1 2
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 1 5
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 2 0 14 11 3 1 0 6 5
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 5 0
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 1 1 26 18 8 4 0 2 1
19 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 3 0
16 Quade, Ricky (c) ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 3 0 2 0
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 4 2
25 Round, Barry ? ? 0 2 22 11 11 8 20 4 3
8 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 0 1 7 0
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 1 1 17 14 3 6 7 5 4
30 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 7 12 274 194 80 44 28 61 47

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