1977 VFL Season Round 9: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 28 May 1977 between Richmond and Geelong during round nine of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Geelong at VFL Park. Francis Bourke captained the hosts. Bruce Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Barry Richardson and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

Richmond (18.13.121) defeated Geelong (10.11.71).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Richmond v Geelong
Date: Saturday 28 May 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 26,007

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Geelong
Score: 18.13.121 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 7 . 5 9 . 7 15 . 11 18 . 13 18 . 13 (121)
Geelong 1 . 0 4 . 6 4 . 8 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin RICH by 41 RICH by 31 RICH by 69 RICH by 50 RICH by 50
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Francis Bourke
Coach: Barry Richardson

Geelong

Captain: Bruce Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Fellows
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 0 1 23 10 13 6 16 3 7
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 6 1 34 31 3 3 0 3 2
30 Bourke, Francis (c) ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 2 1
7 Carter, Noel ? ? 3 2 24 15 9 2 0 4 3
26 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 25 15 10 3 0 2 5
5 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 1 2 17 11 6 4 10 2 7
17 Edwards, Allan ? ? 2 0 15 10 5 5 0 0 4
32 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 0 1
37 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 0 0
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 2
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 4 1 2 2
34 Miller, David ? ? 1 2 11 5 6 1 0 0 0
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 0 0 7 0 7 3 0 0 3
3 Pitura, John ? ? 1 2 26 20 6 8 0 4 4
40 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 1 22 13 9 7 0 0 2
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 2 1
2 Roberts, Neville ? ? 2 1 20 9 11 5 0 1 2
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 24 12 12 3 0 0 3
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 2 0 24 16 8 3 0 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 13 345 213 132 68 27 28 54

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 2 1 10 8 2 2 0 0 1
7 Brimacombe, John ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 3 2 3 2
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 3 0 2 1
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 1 0 6 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 3 0 2 3
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 2 1 10 6 4 1 0 1 1
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 3 2 8 6 2 4 0 0 1
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 1 1 10 8 2 5 0 1 1
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 2 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce (c) ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 3 1 7 1
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 1 0 3 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 4 0 3 1
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 2 1 1 2
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 24 14 10 6 23 13 6
29 Ruscuklic, Peter ? ? 0 1 5 2 3 2 0 1 1
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 0 3 22 19 3 6 0 3 1
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 2 1 8 6 2 2 0 2 0
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 1 1
32 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 11 266 196 70 58 27 54 28

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