1977 VFL Round 12: Richmond v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 18 June 1977 between Richmond and Fitzroy during round 12 of the 1977 VFL season. Richmond hosted Fitzroy at MCG. Francis Bourke captained the hosts. John Murphy captained the visitors with Warwick Irwin as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Barry Richardson and the visitors were coached by Kevin Rose.

Richmond
F. Bourke (capt.), N. Balme, K. Bartlett, N. Carter, C. Clayton, D. Cloke, G. Dickson, A. Edwards, R. Hart, J. Jess, M. Keane, E. Leech, B. Monteath, G. Naylor, J. Pitura, M. Roach, N. Roberts, K. Sheedy, W. Walsh, B. Wood

Fitzroy
J. Murphy (capt.), W. Irwin (vice-capt.), G. Austen, B. Beecroft, B. Brown, R. Carter, G. Chapman, G. Fowler, S. Gilmore, P. Johnston, W. Linton, I. Miller, K. O'Keeffe, G. Parke, B. Shepherd, A. Sinclair, C. Smith, A. Thompson, D. Whitford, G. Wilson

Richmond (13.15.93) defeated Fitzroy (6.5.41).

Goalkickers
Richmond: N. Carter (3), K. Bartlett (2), B. Monteath (2), N. Roberts (2), K. Sheedy (2), D. Cloke, J. Pitura
Fitzroy: B. Beecroft, G. Fowler, W. Irwin, K. O'Keeffe, A. Sinclair, G. Wilson

As a result of this match, Richmond remained 2nd on the ladder and Fitzroy remained 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Richmond v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 18 June 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 12,877

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Fitzroy
Score: 13.15.93 - 6.5.41

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 3 8 . 6 9 . 11 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Fitzroy 3 . 3 4 . 3 4 . 5 6 . 5 6 . 5 (41)
Margin RICH by 6 RICH by 27 RICH by 36 RICH by 52 RICH by 52
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Barry Richardson (Richmond), Kevin Rose (Fitzroy)
Captains: Francis Bourke (Richmond), John Murphy (Fitzroy)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Richmond), Warwick Irwin (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: H. Lyons, R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 0 1 23 18 5 5 18 9 2
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 2 3 37 29 8 6 0 2 4
30 Bourke, Francis (c) ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 5 0 2 5
7 Carter, Noel ? ? 3 1 22 17 5 0 0 4 4
26 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 5 3
33 Cloke, David ? ? 1 0 11 5 6 4 8 2 4
46 Dickson, Glenn ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
17 Edwards, Allan ? ? 0 2 30 21 9 9 0 3 2
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 1 2
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 2 2
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 1 3
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 4 1
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 2 1 11 8 3 5 0 0 4
43 Naylor, Greg ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0
3 Pitura, John ? ? 1 1 27 22 5 1 0 3 6
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 6 0 2 3
2 Roberts, Neville ? ? 2 0 20 8 12 5 0 0 7
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 2 0 12 10 2 4 0 2 1
31 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 2 19 18 1 5 0 2 3
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 5 1 1 7
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 13 15 337 240 97 74 27 45 63

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 2 15 2 7
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 2 14 4 2
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 3 2
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 3 4
34 Chapman, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 2 1
38 Fowler, Grant ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 2 0 3 6
47 Gilmore, Shane ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 5 0
7 Irwin, Warwick (vc) ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 4 0 1 2
40 Johnston, Peter ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 3 3
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 5 2
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 0 1 24 22 2 1 0 12 3
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 4 0 1 2
4 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 0 2
1 Shepherd, Bob ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 4 0 4 1
31 Sinclair, Allan ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 10 0 3 0
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 0 1
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 2 0 2 4
15 Whitford, Don ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 4 2
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 1 1 34 24 10 4 0 5 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 6 5 268 209 59 48 29 63 45

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