1977 VFL Season Round 18: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 30 July 1977 between Richmond and Essendon during round eighteen of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at the MCG. Francis Bourke captained the hosts. Ken Fletcher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Barry Richardson and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Richmond (16.15.111) defeated Essendon (9.11.65).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 30 July 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 33,085

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 16.15.111 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 3 9 . 8 13 . 10 16 . 15 16 . 15 (111)
Essendon 3 . 2 4 . 5 4 . 7 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Margin RICH by 7 RICH by 33 RICH by 57 RICH by 46 RICH by 46
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Francis Bourke
Coach: Barry Richardson

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 1 5 2 2
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 0 0 26 21 5 3 0 0 3
30 Bourke, Francis (c) ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 2 1 3 3
26 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 3 0 1 3
33 Cloke, David ? ? 5 0 20 12 8 7 9 3 5
17 Edwards, Allan ? ? 0 0 26 17 9 5 1 2 6
58 Freame, Daryl ? ? 0 0 6 1 5 1 0 0 1
37 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 1 0
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 2 0 3 0
41 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 3 10 5 12 0 5
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 0
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 3 0 3 3
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 1 3 36 19 17 11 0 3 2
9 Noonan, Alan ? ? 1 3 13 8 5 6 0 1 2
40 Raines, Geoff ? ? 3 1 24 19 5 3 0 0 2
2 Roberts, Neville ? ? 5 1 30 18 12 6 0 3 6
24 Robertson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 0 2
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 3 36 18 18 5 0 3 0
31 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 0 1
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 1 3 35 22 13 10 0 2 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 15 384 226 158 80 28 31 50

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
28 Bell, Greg ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 0
17 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 0 28 23 5 9 0 4 0
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 1 0 2 2
31 Crow, Max ? ? 2 4 13 11 2 8 4 1 2
25 Early, Phillip ? ? 1 0 8 8 0 4 0 1 1
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 2 0 2 3
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 11 0 5 4
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 1 24 19 5 3 0 2 1
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 0 0 6 2
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 1 0 1 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 2 21 2 1
43 McDonald, Paul ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 1 0 2 1
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 3 0
15 Primmer, Wayne ? ? 2 1 9 8 1 2 0 1 2
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 1 1 8 3
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 8 0 1 2
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 5 10 2 2
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 2 18 14 4 5 2 3 1
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 1 2
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 11 277 212 65 71 38 50 31

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