1977 VFL Season Round 7: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 14 May 1977 between Essendon and Richmond during round seven of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at VFL Park. Ken Fletcher captained the hosts with Ron Andrews as vice-captain. Francis Bourke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Barry Richardson.

Essendon (15.9.99) drew with Richmond (14.15.99).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 14 May 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 32,326

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon drew with Richmond
Score: 15.9.99 - 14.15.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 2 8 . 3 12 . 8 15 . 9 15 . 9 (99)
Richmond 4 . 1 9 . 8 11 . 9 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Margin ESSE by 7 RICH by 11 ESSE by 5 level drawn
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Vice-Captain: Ron Andrews
Coach: Bill Stephen

Richmond

Captain: Francis Bourke
Coach: Barry Richardson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
N. Nash

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron (vc) ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 3 2
28 Bell, Greg ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 5 0 0 1
17 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 0 0
19 Close, Robin ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 4 0 4 0
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 5 0 5 4
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 1 1 18 13 5 7 0 1 2
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 1 13 13 0 1 0 2 2
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 6 0 3 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 7 21 6 7
44 Mattson, Don ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 3 0 2 0
15 Primmer, Wayne ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 4 1 16 11 5 2 1 6 1
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 1 2 17 13 4 4 0 1 3
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 3 0 9 8 1 3 5 4 3
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 2 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 2 1 19 16 3 9 2 2 5
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 3 0 4 3
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 2 0 2 1
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 2 2 25 21 4 8 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 9 304 230 74 80 29 50 39

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 0 0 26 9 17 8 12 5 8
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 4 3 35 27 8 5 0 1 1
30 Bourke, Francis (c) ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 3 0 2 3
26 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 1 15 8 7 3 0 2 7
5 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
17 Edwards, Allan ? ? 1 2 24 18 6 6 0 6 3
32 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 5 1 1 1
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 0 2 6 6 0 3 0 2 2
23 Hummel, Jon ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 3 0 0 2
37 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 4 0 0 0
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 2 1 15 10 5 6 2 2 5
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 6 0 2 3
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 2 0 10 10 0 1 0 2 3
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 0 0 1 4
9 Noonan, Alan ? ? 2 1 9 8 1 2 0 0 0
40 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 7 0 6 4
2 Roberts, Neville ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 0 1
24 Robertson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 2 3
36 Scrimshaw, Ian ? ? 1 1 17 14 3 3 0 2 0
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 2 1 31 24 7 7 1 4 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 15 312 225 87 77 16 40 50

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