1977 VFL Season Round 1: Fitzroy v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 2 April 1977 between Fitzroy and Richmond during round one of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Richmond at Junction Oval. John Murphy captained the hosts with Warwick Irwin as vice-captain. Francis Bourke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Rose and the visitors were coached by Barry Richardson.

Fitzroy (21.17.143) defeated Richmond (18.21.129).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Fitzroy v Richmond
Date: Saturday 2 April 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 17,725

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Richmond
Score: 21.17.143 - 18.21.129

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 8 . 5 13 . 11 16 . 13 21 . 17 21 . 17 (143)
Richmond 5 . 3 13 . 10 16 . 17 18 . 21 18 . 21 (129)
Margin FITZ by 20 FITZ by 1 RICH by 4 FITZ by 14 FITZ by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Vice-Captain: Warwick Irwin
Coach: Kevin Rose

Richmond

Captain: Francis Bourke
Coach: Barry Richardson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Polites
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 17 4 1
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 2 2 27 19 8 2 5 4 3
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 5 1 0
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 6 1 12 10 2 5 2 1 0
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 1 0 0 1
34 Chapman, Gary ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 3 0 1 3
7 Irwin, Warwick (vc) ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 5 1 0 4
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 1 0 20 14 6 2 0 1 3
20 MacLeod, Neil ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 2 2
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 0 0
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 4 2 0 0
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 3 2 21 17 4 4 0 2 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 3 0 1 0
4 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 1 20 12 8 10 2 3 1
1 Shepherd, Bob ? ? 1 3 20 15 5 7 0 0 2
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 2 3 1 1
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 1 1 23 16 7 4 1 4 2
15 Whitford, Don ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 0
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 4 4 21 17 4 1 0 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 21 17 291 207 84 64 38 29 25

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 3 1 13 10 3 4 16 1 3
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 2 2 28 27 1 4 0 2 0
34 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 4 0 1 0
30 Bourke, Francis (c) ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 3 0 2 2
7 Carter, Noel ? ? 2 0 20 9 11 1 0 4 1
26 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
33 Cloke, David ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 0 2
17 Edwards, Allan ? ? 0 1 18 11 7 4 0 0 2
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 1 2 8 7 1 2 0 1 0
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 17 2 1
37 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 1 3
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 2 2
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 5 6 26 23 3 7 0 2 0
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 1
28 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 1 1 20 13 7 5 0 1 2
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 3 1 15 12 3 1 0 0 0
3 Pitura, John ? ? 1 2 20 15 5 5 0 2 4
40 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 1 28 19 9 5 0 0 4
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 1 1
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 6 1 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 18 21 284 205 79 57 35 23 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