1977 VFL Round 8: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 21 May 1977 between Richmond and Footscray during round 8 of the 1977 VFL season. Richmond hosted Footscray at 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
F. Bourke (capt.), N. Balme, K. Bartlett, N. Carter, C. Clayton, E. Dunne, A. Edwards, G. Gaunt, R. Hart, N. Jenkinson, J. Jess, M. Keane, B. Monteath, G. Raines, M. Roach, N. Roberts, G. Robertson, I. Scrimshaw, K. Sheedy, B. Wood

Footscray
G. Dempsey (capt.), R. Abbey, D. Collins, I. Dunstan, J. Edmond, I. Hampshire, R. Huppatz, G. Jennings, M. Kelly, I. Low, I. Morrison, R. Murrie, L. Perussich, S. Power, B. Quinlan, B. Reid, A. Stoneham, P. Welsh, T. Wheeler, T. Whitten

Richmond (16.18.114) defeated Footscray (13.17.95).

Goalkickers
Richmond: A. Edwards (4), K. Bartlett (3), N. Carter (2), B. Wood (2), N. Balme, E. Dunne, J. Jess, M. Roach, I. Scrimshaw
Footscray: I. Hampshire (3), R. Huppatz (2), G. Dempsey, I. Dunstan, G. Jennings, M. Kelly, I. Morrison, B. Quinlan, B. Reid, A. Stoneham

As a result of this match, Richmond remained 5th on the ladder and Footscray were then 8th on the ladder (down from 7th) by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Barry Richardson (Richmond), Bill Goggin (Footscray)
Captains: Francis Bourke (Richmond), Gary Dempsey (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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