1977 VFL Round 15: Richmond v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 9 July 1977 between Richmond and South Melbourne during round 15 of the 1977 VFL season. Richmond hosted South Melbourne at VFL Park. Francis Bourke captained the hosts. Ricky Quade captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Barry Richardson and the visitors were coached by Ian Stewart.

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

South Melbourne
R. Quade (capt.), J. Blair, M. Browning, R. Dean, W. Evans, B. Goodingham, N. Goss, C. Hounsell, F. Jackson, G. Lambert, D. McLeish, P. Morrison, T. O'Neill, J. Rantall, B. Round, J. Scarlett, G. Teasdale, B. Woodman, D. Young, S. Zantuck

Richmond (14.16.100) defeated South Melbourne (10.11.71).

Goalkickers
Richmond: K. Bartlett (4), R. Hart (2), M. Roach (2), N. Balme, D. Cloke, A. Edwards, B. Heard, B. Monteath, N. Roberts
South Melbourne: P. Morrison (3), G. Teasdale (2), B. Woodman (2), R. Dean, N. Goss, C. Hounsell

As a result of this match, Richmond remained 3rd on the ladder and South Melbourne remained 6th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Richmond v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 9 July 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 34,291

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. South Melbourne
Score: 14.16.100 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 4 7 . 8 11 . 14 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
South Melbourne 2 . 1 4 . 4 8 . 6 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin RICH by 3 RICH by 22 RICH by 26 RICH by 29 RICH by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Barry Richardson (Richmond), Ian Stewart (South Melbourne)
Captains: Francis Bourke (Richmond), Ricky Quade (South Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: K. Quinn, I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 1 2 24 15 9 10 18 3 4
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 4 4 31 28 3 7 0 1 4
30 Bourke, Francis (c) ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 2 2
7 Carter, Noel ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 5 0 1 3
26 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 0 2
33 Cloke, David ? ? 1 0 20 12 8 6 13 4 4
46 Dickson, Glenn ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 7 0 0 2
17 Edwards, Allan ? ? 1 1 24 14 10 3 1 3 3
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 2 2 11 7 4 4 0 1 3
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 3 0 3 4
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 1 16 7 9 1 0 2 1
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 1 1 24 15 9 8 0 1 4
3 Pitura, John ? ? 0 1 19 10 9 3 0 3 5
40 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 1 0 3 3
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 2 0 13 10 3 6 0 1 4
2 Roberts, Neville ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 0
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 9 0 1 0
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 10 0 0 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 14 16 337 223 114 92 33 30 49

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Blair, John ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 0 0 1 1
43 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 1 0 2 2
18 Dean, Robert ? ? 1 3 12 9 3 3 0 5 2
15 Evans, Wayne ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 3 0 0 0
28 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 5 0 0
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 1 2 24 23 1 3 0 3 2
27 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 0 0 3 1
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 0 4 1
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 4 0 1 3
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 5 0 0 1
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 3 0 20 18 2 5 0 4 2
19 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 6 0 2 0
16 Quade, Ricky (c) ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 2 2
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 4 1
25 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 1 1 3 2
8 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 2 0 1 2
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 2 2 23 17 6 10 8 3 3
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 2 0 16 11 5 2 0 5 2
14 Young, David ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 2 0
30 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 4 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 11 257 189 68 59 14 49 30

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