1977 VFL Season Round 21: Richmond v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 20 August 1977 between Richmond and Carlton during round twenty-one of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Carlton at the 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 (15.13.103) defeated Carlton (14.16.100).

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

Richmond

Captain: Francis Bourke
Coach: Barry Richardson

Carlton

Captain: Robert Walls
Coach: Ian Thorogood

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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