1977 VFL Season Round 6: Richmond v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 7 May 1977 between Richmond and North Melbourne during round six of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted North Melbourne at the MCG. Francis Bourke captained the hosts. Keith Greig captained the visitors with David Dench as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Barry Richardson and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Richmond (19.15.129) defeated North Melbourne (14.12.96).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Richmond v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 7 May 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 34,408

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. North Melbourne
Score: 19.15.129 - 14.12.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 3 10 . 5 15 . 7 19 . 15 19 . 15 (129)
North Melbourne 5 . 2 10 . 8 14 . 9 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Margin NMLB by 11 NMLB by 3 RICH by 4 RICH by 33 RICH by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Francis Bourke
Coach: Barry Richardson

North Melbourne

Captain: Keith Greig
Vice-Captain: David Dench
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bryant
M. Henry

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 2 1 22 13 9 7 17 6 2
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 2 1 34 28 6 6 0 0 2
30 Bourke, Francis (c) ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 6 0 0 2
26 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 2 0 2 2
5 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 1 1 6 5 1 3 1 0 1
32 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 1 0 16 9 7 5 0 0 2
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 2 0 5 2 3 1 7 0 0
23 Hummel, Jon ? ? 0 2 20 16 4 5 0 3 0
37 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 2 0
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 5 0 15 10 5 7 2 0 2
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 2 0 3 0
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 1 6 16 12 4 3 0 3 0
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 0 0 4 0
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 0 1 6 6 0 2 1 2 0
9 Noonan, Alan ? ? 1 1 14 7 7 7 0 2 0
40 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 7 0 2 2
24 Robertson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 2
36 Scrimshaw, Ian ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 3 0 0 0
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 2 0 28 20 8 3 0 6 3
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 1 2 22 15 7 6 0 4 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 19 15 328 232 96 79 28 39 22

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 1 1 6 6 0 5 0 0 1
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 1 2 21 17 4 3 0 3 4
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 2 2 14 11 3 7 0 1 4
21 Byrne, John ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 2 0 0 0
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 1 0 23 15 8 1 0 2 1
3 Cassin, John ? ? 2 0 19 17 2 4 0 2 4
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 3 1 5 4 1 2 0 2 1
7 Dawson, Mark ? ? 2 2 18 17 1 3 1 0 5
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 0 2
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 5 0 3 3
30 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 0
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 0 0 2 1
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 1 1
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 2 1 18 9 9 2 0 2 2
28 Moore, Terry ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 4 3 2 2
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 4 17 0 1
45 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 1 2
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 0 1 9 5 4 1 0 0 2
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 5 0 0 3
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 1 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 12 257 191 66 62 22 22 39

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