1977 VFL Season Round 8: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 21 May 1977 between Richmond and Footscray during round eight of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at the MCG. Francis Bourke captained the hosts. Gary Dempsey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Barry Richardson and the visitors were coached by Bill Goggin.

Richmond (16.18.114) defeated Footscray (13.17.95).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 21 May 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 21,519

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Footscray
Score: 16.18.114 - 13.17.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 8 6 . 10 8 . 13 16 . 18 16 . 18 (114)
Footscray 4 . 6 9 . 9 12 . 15 13 . 17 13 . 17 (95)
Margin FOOT by 4 FOOT by 17 FOOT by 26 RICH by 19 RICH by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Francis Bourke
Coach: Barry Richardson

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bill Goggin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Henry
K. Quinn

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 1 0 23 12 11 4 6 9 3
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 3 4 39 33 6 7 0 3 1
30 Bourke, Francis (c) ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 6 0 0 2
7 Carter, Noel ? ? 2 1 20 14 6 6 0 3 2
26 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 1 22 15 7 3 0 2 4
5 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 7 5 3 2
17 Edwards, Allan ? ? 4 3 25 18 7 6 0 3 2
32 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 2 0
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 0 2 12 11 1 3 0 0 1
37 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 4 1 1 1
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 3 0 0 1
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 3 3
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 0 1 1
40 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 1 27 19 8 7 0 3 4
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 4 0 3 0
2 Roberts, Neville ? ? 0 2 11 8 3 3 0 0 0
24 Robertson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 1 1
36 Scrimshaw, Ian ? ? 1 2 9 6 3 0 0 1 1
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 18 6 12 5 0 1 3
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 2 1 24 20 4 7 0 4 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 18 327 236 91 81 12 43 33

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 2 0 2 2
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 6 0 5 3
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 5 14 2 6
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 3 0 2 1
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 0 3 16 12 4 3 0 1 3
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 3 2 9 4 5 3 7 2 3
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 2 1 21 21 0 5 0 2 1
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 3 0 1 2
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 0
28 Low, Ian ? ? 0 3 4 4 0 1 0 0 0
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 1
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 3 1
23 Perussich, Lee ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 5 0 2 3
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 0 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 4 14 9 5 6 0 1 0
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 2 0 1 1
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 1 0 23 18 5 6 0 2 1
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 7 0 2 8
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 0 3
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 2 19 12 7 2 0 1 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 17 279 212 67 67 21 30 43

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