1977 VFL Season Round 20: Geelong v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 13 August 1977 between Geelong and Richmond during round twenty of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (5.16.46) were defeated by Richmond (19.18.132).

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

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Rod Olsson

Richmond

Captain: Francis Bourke
Coach: Barry Richardson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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