1977 VFL Round 20: Geelong v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 13 August 1977 between Geelong and Richmond during round 20 of the 1977 VFL season. Geelong hosted Richmond at Kardinia Park. Francis Bourke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by Barry Richardson.

Geelong
T. Bright, M. Browne, R. Card, D. Clarke, L. Donohue, J. Fehring, J. Hawkins, W. Hovey, G. Landy, G. Malarkey, A. McGillivray, I. Nankervis, R. Neal, S. Newman, C. Nish, P. Sarah, R. Steven, M. Turner, M. Witcombe, M. Woolnough

Richmond
F. Bourke (capt.), N. Balme, K. Bartlett, C. Clayton, D. Cloke, E. Dunne, A. Edwards, N. Jenkinson, J. Jess, M. Keane, M. Malthouse, B. Monteath, A. Noonan, J. Pitura, G. Raines, N. Roberts, G. Robertson, I. Scrimshaw, K. Sheedy, B. Wood

Geelong (5.16.46) were defeated by Richmond (19.18.132).

Goalkickers
Geelong: M. Turner (3), L. Donohue, A. McGillivray
Richmond: D. Cloke (3), E. Dunne (3), B. Monteath (3), A. Noonan (3), G. Raines (3), K. Bartlett (2), N. Balme, A. Edwards

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 8th on the ladder and Richmond remained 6th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Geelong v Richmond
Date: Saturday 13 August 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 17,018

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Richmond
Score: 5.16.46 - 19.18.132

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 4 2 . 9 4 . 14 5 . 16 5 . 16 (46)
Richmond 3 . 4 10 . 12 14 . 15 19 . 18 19 . 18 (132)
Margin RICH by 12 RICH by 51 RICH by 61 RICH by 86 RICH by 86
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Rod Olsson (Geelong), Barry Richardson (Richmond)
Captains: unknown (Geelong), Francis Bourke (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: K. Quinn, I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 0
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 0 2 23 17 6 8 0 2 2
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 4 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 0 29 26 3 5 1 4 0
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 2 3 2 3
25 Fehring, Jeff ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 3 1 0
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 3 0 0 0
34 Hovey, Wayne ? ? 0 4 14 11 3 2 0 4 3
2 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 4 0 5 3
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 2 0
27 McGillivray, Andy ? ? 1 1 9 8 1 2 0 2 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 4 0 5 0
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 1 1 1
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 7 3 4
37 Nish, Colin ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 3
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 0 1 21 21 0 7 0 5 0
52 Steven, Robert ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 3 2 14 14 0 6 0 4 6
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 0 2 16 14 2 0 0 6 3
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 0 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 5 16 242 197 45 54 15 52 34

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 1 0 18 9 9 7 19 3 4
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 2 1 33 28 5 8 0 3 0
30 Bourke, Francis (c) ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 0 0 1 3
26 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 1 14 7 7 2 0 0 4
33 Cloke, David ? ? 3 0 16 10 6 8 7 1 2
5 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 3 1 11 7 4 6 9 1 4
17 Edwards, Allan ? ? 1 2 23 16 7 5 0 3 1
37 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 2
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 25 12 13 7 0 2 4
28 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 1 30 19 11 3 0 5 5
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 3 2 24 15 9 3 0 5 2
9 Noonan, Alan ? ? 3 4 14 9 5 5 0 1 2
3 Pitura, John ? ? 0 1 24 17 7 6 0 3 4
40 Raines, Geoff ? ? 3 1 18 13 5 4 0 0 3
2 Roberts, Neville ? ? 0 1 20 13 7 10 0 1 5
24 Robertson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 5 0 0 3
36 Scrimshaw, Ian ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 5 0 2 2
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 6 0 3 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 19 18 350 225 125 92 35 34 52

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