1977 VFL Round 21: Richmond v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 20 August 1977 between Richmond and Carlton during round 21 of the 1977 VFL season. Richmond hosted Carlton at MCG. Francis Bourke captained the hosts. Robert Walls captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Barry Richardson and the visitors were coached by Ian Thorogood.

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

Carlton
R. Walls (capt.), B. Armstrong, R. Ashman, R. Austin, P. Brown, J. Buckley, R. Byrne, J. Canfield, B. Doull, A. Jesaulenko, P. Jones, T. Keogh, M. MacLure, A. Mangels, D. McKay, P. Pinnell, K. Sheldon, G. Southby, G. Whitnall, M. Young

Richmond (15.13.103) defeated Carlton (14.16.100).

Goalkickers
Richmond: A. Noonan (5), N. Roberts (4), E. Dunne (2), K. Bartlett, J. Jess, B. Monteath, G. Raines
Carlton: D. McKay (5), M. MacLure (2), B. Armstrong, R. Austin, J. Buckley, T. Keogh, K. Sheldon, R. Walls, M. Young

As a result of this match, Richmond were then 4th on the ladder (up from 6th) and Carlton were then 5th on the ladder (down from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Richmond v Carlton
Date: Saturday 20 August 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 49,134

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Carlton
Score: 15.13.103 - 14.16.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 6 . 2 7 . 5 13 . 9 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Carlton 1 . 2 6 . 7 11 . 11 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
Margin RICH by 30 RICH by 4 RICH by 10 RICH by 3 RICH by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Barry Richardson (Richmond), Ian Thorogood (Carlton)
Captains: Francis Bourke (Richmond), Robert Walls (Carlton)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Deller, K. Smith

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 9 20 6 2
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 0 31 28 3 4 0 4 1
30 Bourke, Francis (c) ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 2
26 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
33 Cloke, David ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 5 2 0 2
5 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 2 3 14 8 6 5 2 2 0
17 Edwards, Allan ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 0 0 0 1
32 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 0
37 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 0 2
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 1 1 15 13 2 7 1 0 2
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 3 0
28 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 2 0 2 5
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 1 2 33 21 12 7 0 4 5
9 Noonan, Alan ? ? 5 3 14 12 2 7 0 0 3
3 Pitura, John ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 3 0 1 7
40 Raines, Geoff ? ? 1 1 11 8 3 2 0 2 0
2 Roberts, Neville ? ? 4 0 18 16 2 9 0 4 4
24 Robertson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 5 0 2 2
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 0 0 5 3
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 25 13 12 16 0 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 13 306 217 89 88 25 36 43

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 1 0 23 21 2 3 0 4 2
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 0 2 10 10 0 3 0 3 0
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 1 1 11 11 0 1 0 3 0
41 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 1 1
16 Buckley, Jim ? ? 1 3 20 14 6 5 0 3 5
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 3 2
1 Canfield, Jim ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 0 0
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 4 0 0 2
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 0 2 7 5 2 2 1 1 1
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 3 22 3 6
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 1
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 2 3 17 15 2 6 0 2 3
10 Mangels, Alan ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 7 0 2 1
43 McKay, David ? ? 5 0 15 14 1 9 6 3 2
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 3 2
5 Sheldon, Ken ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 4 1 2 1
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 2 0
42 Walls, Robert (c) ? ? 1 2 10 10 0 4 0 4 5
7 Whitnall, Graeme ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 0 0 2 0
19 Young, Michael ? ? 1 1 12 10 2 3 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 16 258 210 48 65 30 43 36

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