1977 VFL Round 22: Richmond v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 27 August 1977 between Richmond and St Kilda during round 22 of the 1977 VFL season. Richmond hosted St Kilda at MCG. Francis Bourke captained the hosts. Carl Ditterich captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Barry Richardson and the visitors were coached by Ross Smith.

Richmond
F. Bourke (capt.), K. Bartlett, D. Cloke, E. Dunne, A. Edwards, G. Gaunt, N. Jenkinson, J. Jess, M. Keane, P. Laughlin, M. Malthouse, B. Monteath, J. Pitura, G. Raines, N. Roberts, G. Robertson, K. Sheedy, B. Tempany, W. Walsh, B. Wood

St Kilda
C. Ditterich (capt.), I. Baker, T. Barker, G. Bond, B. Breen, P. Callery, G. Colling, R. Elliott, D. Evans, R. Greene, R. Hughes, R. Hunt, G. Lofts, B. Mildenhall, K. Neale, M. O'Keefe, V. Perovic, J. Sarau, R. Tweeddale, G. Young

Richmond (25.21.171) defeated St Kilda (17.10.112).

Goalkickers
Richmond: P. Laughlin (6), K. Bartlett (5), N. Roberts (5), J. Pitura (3), D. Cloke (2), E. Dunne, J. Jess, M. Malthouse, B. Wood
St Kilda: R. Greene (4), G. Young (4), P. Callery (2), C. Ditterich (2), R. Hughes (2), R. Hunt (2), G. Bond

As a result of this match, Richmond remained 4th on the ladder and St Kilda remained 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Richmond v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 27 August 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 24,362

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. St Kilda
Score: 25.21.171 - 17.10.112

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 5 . 6 11 . 8 16 . 17 25 . 21 25 . 21 (171)
St Kilda 6 . 4 13 . 8 15 . 10 17 . 10 17 . 10 (112)
Margin STKL by 4 STKL by 12 RICH by 13 RICH by 59 RICH by 59
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Barry Richardson (Richmond), Ross Smith (St Kilda)
Captains: Francis Bourke (Richmond), Carl Ditterich (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. James, K. Quinn

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 5 3 33 28 5 5 0 2 0
30 Bourke, Francis (c) ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 4 0 0 2
33 Cloke, David ? ? 2 1 11 8 3 6 11 2 4
5 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 3 15 2 4
17 Edwards, Allan ? ? 0 2 22 14 8 4 0 1 0
32 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 2 5 3 2 3 0 0 5
37 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 2 0
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 1 2 21 17 4 13 1 0 2
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 8 0 2 2
25 Laughlin, Peter ? ? 6 2 18 10 8 9 0 2 0
28 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 1 0 4 2
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 0 3 31 16 15 6 1 2 4
3 Pitura, John ? ? 3 0 23 17 6 6 0 4 2
40 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 9 0 3 0
2 Roberts, Neville ? ? 5 4 22 17 5 9 0 2 2
24 Robertson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 9 2 7 1 0 0 2
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 5 0 5 4
14 Tempany, Bruce ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
31 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 0 0
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 1 0 23 16 7 8 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 25 21 339 235 104 103 28 33 36

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Baker, Ian ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 4 0
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 5 0 1 2
34 Bond, Graeme ? ? 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 2
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 2 0 26 20 6 3 0 4 2
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 4 0 1 0
10 Ditterich, Carl (c) ? ? 2 1 13 6 7 2 14 0 2
8 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 3 14 14 0 11 0 0 1
22 Evans, Dale ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 2 1
29 Greene, Russell ? ? 4 0 18 14 4 2 0 2 1
7 Hughes, Rod ? ? 2 1 19 16 3 1 0 2 6
2 Hunt, Rex ? ? 2 1 10 9 1 8 0 1 1
16 Lofts, Gary ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 6 0 2 4
39 Mildenhall, Bill ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 0 0
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 0 4 1
15 O'Keefe, Maurice ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 3 0 3 2
9 Perovic, Val ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 3 2
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 2 16 4 4
23 Tweeddale, Russell ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
27 Young, George ? ? 4 3 17 15 2 7 0 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 10 254 196 58 68 30 36 33

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