1978 VFL Season Round 9: Collingwood v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 27 May 1978 between Collingwood and Richmond during round nine of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Richmond at Victoria Park. Len Thompson captained the hosts with Phil Carman as vice-captain. Kevin Sheedy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Barry Richardson.

Collingwood (12.20.92) defeated Richmond (10.16.76).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Collingwood v Richmond
Date: Saturday 27 May 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 29,381

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Richmond
Score: 12.20.92 - 10.16.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 4 . 2 5 . 11 7 . 14 12 . 20 12 . 20 (92)
Richmond 1 . 2 5 . 7 9 . 12 10 . 16 10 . 16 (76)
Margin COLL by 18 COLL by 4 RICH by 10 COLL by 16 COLL by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Len Thompson
Vice-Captain: Phil Carman
Coach: Tom Hafey

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Sheedy
Coach: Barry Richardson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bryant
B. Deller

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 2 0 1 2
43 Barham, Ricky ? ? 2 4 26 20 6 6 0 2 4
15 Bond, Shane ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 2 6
2 Carman, Phil (vc) ? ? 1 1 11 5 6 5 2 2 5
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 2 1
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 1 0 20 9 11 8 0 2 4
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 1 0 21 17 4 7 0 3 3
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 1 17 16 1 2 0 2 1
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 4 2 9 7 2 5 2 0 2
14 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 2 17 16 1 2 0 4 2
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 1 5 1
12 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 2 3
18 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 2 2 5 5 0 0 0 1 0
19 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 1 2 15 10 5 5 0 3 2
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 0 1 23 16 7 3 1 2 2
9 Stewart, Craig ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 2 1
1 Thompson, Len (c) ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 3 11 5 3
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 0 0 3 2
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 3 0 1 0
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 12 20 287 200 87 67 17 44 46

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 0 2 23 11 12 8 12 1 6
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 1 27 24 3 1 0 2 3
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 5 0 4 2
33 Cloke, David ? ? 1 2 10 5 5 5 4 2 5
18 Davidson, Garry ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 0 3
5 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 1 1 7 4 3 2 7 1 2
3 Feltham, Paul ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 0 0 1 0
28 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 5 0
37 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 3 2
25 Laughlin, Peter ? ? 3 0 7 6 1 2 0 1 2
41 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 3 12 0 1
7 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 4 0 7 3
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 1 2 13 12 1 4 0 1 4
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 1 2 23 17 6 5 0 3 0
36 Scrimshaw, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 1 0 3 3
10 Sheedy, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 24 15 9 5 1 5 2
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 4 1 3 1
14 Tempany, Bruce ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 4
31 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0
43 Weightman, Dale ? ? 1 1 19 11 8 3 0 4 1
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 10 16 294 206 88 60 37 46 44

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