1978 VFL Season Round 6: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 6 May 1978 between Essendon and Richmond during round six of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at Windy Hill. Ken Fletcher captained the hosts with, in the absence of Ron Andrews, deputy vice-captain Simon Madden as vice-captain. Kevin Sheedy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Barry Davis and the visitors were coached by Barry Richardson.

Essendon (22.18.150) defeated Richmond (19.15.129).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 6 May 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 21,946

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Richmond
Score: 22.18.150 - 19.15.129

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 2 11 . 6 13 . 12 22 . 18 22 . 18 (150)
Richmond 8 . 4 12 . 7 18 . 11 19 . 15 19 . 15 (129)
Margin RICH by 14 RICH by 7 RICH by 29 ESSE by 21 ESSE by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Vice-Captain: Simon Madden (acting)
Coach: Barry Davis

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Sheedy
Coach: Barry Richardson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Nash
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 1 0 0 0
7 Burdett, Geoff ? ? 2 2 17 11 6 4 0 1 1
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 6 0 1 1
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 5 2 27 20 7 12 1 3 4
29 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 2 21 18 3 6 0 4 1
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 3 4
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 7 0 1 1
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 1 0 27 18 9 3 0 3 2
14 Jones, Bernie ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 2 14 2 2
27 Madden, Simon (avc) ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 10 12 2 3
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 1
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 1 0 27 16 11 11 0 2 2
43 McDonald, Paul ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 1
8 Mihocek, Jack ? ? 2 1 12 10 2 5 0 2 0
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 0 3 0
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 3 1
15 Primmer, Wayne ? ? 7 3 24 21 3 5 0 6 1
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 0 2 24 23 1 6 0 5 2
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 3 1 14 9 5 4 2 0 0
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 0 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 22 18 323 239 84 90 29 42 28

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 0 0 22 12 10 5 23 4 2
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 2 1 24 22 2 1 0 2 4
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 2 2
33 Cloke, David ? ? 4 2 15 13 2 8 1 2 1
17 Edwards, Allan ? ? 5 1 21 15 6 7 0 2 3
1 Einsiedel, John ? ? 0 2 12 8 4 4 0 1 3
3 Feltham, Paul ? ? 1 1 10 9 1 1 0 0 0
44 Freame, Daryl ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 0 0
28 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 0 1 0
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 1 1 2
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 0 0 1 4
25 Laughlin, Peter ? ? 4 2 11 10 1 2 0 4 2
7 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 0 0 1 1
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 2 2 14 11 3 2 0 3 5
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 1 23 17 6 2 0 2 3
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 1 1 7 6 1 2 1 0 4
10 Sheedy, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 1 3
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
14 Tempany, Bruce ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 0 3
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 1 11 4 7 0 0 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 15 260 190 70 44 26 28 42

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