1977 VFL Season Round 12: Richmond v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 18 June 1977 between Richmond and Fitzroy during round twelve of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Fitzroy at the 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 (13.15.93) defeated Fitzroy (6.5.41).

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

Richmond

Captain: Francis Bourke
Coach: Barry Richardson

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Vice-Captain: Warwick Irwin
Coach: Kevin Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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