1977 VFL Season Round 19: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 6 August 1977 between Footscray and Richmond during round nineteen of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Richmond at Western Oval. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. Francis Bourke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Goggin and the visitors were coached by Barry Richardson.

Footscray (19.15.129) defeated Richmond (15.11.101).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 6 August 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 16,897

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Richmond
Score: 19.15.129 - 15.11.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 5 . 2 12 . 8 15 . 9 19 . 15 19 . 15 (129)
Richmond 3 . 5 4 . 6 11 . 10 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Margin FOOT by 9 FOOT by 50 FOOT by 23 FOOT by 28 FOOT by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bill Goggin

Richmond

Captain: Francis Bourke
Coach: Barry Richardson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
N. Nash

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blair, Dennis ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 0 0 1 0
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 29 23 6 4 0 5 0
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 12 36 4 2
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 2 0 21 15 6 3 0 1 0
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 2 2 22 13 9 5 0 3 2
42 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 2 1 25 19 6 2 0 4 0
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 2 2 23 19 4 5 0 3 4
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 1 0 28 14 14 2 0 2 0
28 Low, Ian ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 2
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 4 1 7 7 0 3 0 2 1
10 Munro, Peter ? ? 0 1 6 6 0 2 0 1 1
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 5 0 3 3
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 3 22 10 12 5 3 2 0
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 2 2 19 14 5 7 6 2 2
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 2 3
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 2 2 36 17 19 7 0 2 2
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 1 3
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 1 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 15 325 221 104 70 49 40 28

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 4 14 3 4
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 2 2 32 29 3 4 0 3 3
30 Bourke, Francis (c) ? ? 0 0 25 17 8 3 0 5 2
26 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 2 10 6 4 2 0 2 4
33 Cloke, David ? ? 0 1 6 3 3 4 5 1 1
17 Edwards, Allan ? ? 2 0 17 14 3 5 0 1 0
37 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 2
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 0 1
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 2 0 2 1
41 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 3 0 4
28 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 1 0 9 3 6 1 0 0 2
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 0 0 0
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 4 1 27 13 14 4 0 2 3
9 Noonan, Alan ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 6 0 0 2
40 Raines, Geoff ? ? 3 3 21 17 4 7 0 3 0
2 Roberts, Neville ? ? 1 1 15 8 7 6 0 2 1
24 Robertson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 7 0 1 2
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 20 9 11 3 0 0 4
31 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 1
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 2 1 26 18 8 9 0 2 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 11 301 191 110 72 22 28 40

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