1978 VFL Season Round 10: Richmond v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 3 June 1978 between Richmond and Fitzroy during round ten of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Kevin Sheedy captained the hosts. Harvey Merrigan captained the visitors with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Barry Richardson and the visitors were coached by Graham Campbell.

Richmond (12.14.86) defeated Fitzroy (11.14.80).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Richmond v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 3 June 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 21,122

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Fitzroy
Score: 12.14.86 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 6 . 7 9 . 12 11 . 13 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Fitzroy 1 . 1 3 . 6 8 . 12 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Margin RICH by 36 RICH by 42 RICH by 19 RICH by 6 RICH by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Sheedy
Coach: Barry Richardson

Fitzroy

Captain: Harvey Merrigan
Vice-Captain: Garry Wilson
Coach: Graham Campbell

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Marcy
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 1 0 9 3 6 0 15 0 4
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 0 2 20 17 3 2 0 1 5
33 Cloke, David ? ? 0 4 19 12 7 2 8 2 8
18 Davidson, Garry ? ? 1 0 17 8 9 2 0 0 3
1 Einsiedel, John ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 1 2 0 1
28 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 2 0
37 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 1 1
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 1 14 9 5 2 0 3 4
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 2 1
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 5 0 11 9 2 1 0 1 5
25 Laughlin, Peter ? ? 1 1 5 4 1 0 0 2 3
41 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 23 2 4
7 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 3 0 4 1
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 1 2 28 22 6 5 0 11 2
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 1 26 15 11 2 0 5 4
36 Scrimshaw, Ian ? ? 1 0 27 20 7 4 0 3 1
10 Sheedy, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 2 4
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 1 11 5 6 1 0 1 2
14 Tempany, Bruce ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 4 0 1 3
43 Weightman, Dale ? ? 2 1 21 11 10 2 0 3 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 14 294 187 107 38 48 46 60

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 13 2 4
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 4 2 9 6 3 6 6 1 4
24 Blair, John ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 2 0 3 0
18 Brown, Peter ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 2 0 2 2
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 4
17 Hodges, Russ ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 3 6
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 0 35 27 8 3 0 13 3
13 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 4 1
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 1 0 4 2
20 MacLeod, Neil ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 1
19 McMahon, David ? ? 3 2 19 12 7 6 0 2 5
36 Merrigan, Harvey (c) ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 2 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 1 2
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 2 4 3
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 1 0
31 Sinclair, Allan ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 1 2 3 2
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 4 1
9 Walls, Robert ? ? 0 4 16 15 1 3 1 2 2
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 1 2 34 24 10 11 0 8 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 14 256 195 61 58 24 60 46

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