1978 VFL Season Round 11: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 17 June 1978 between Richmond and Footscray during round eleven of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at the MCG. Kevin Sheedy captained the hosts. Gary Dempsey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Barry Richardson and the visitors were coached by Don McKenzie.

Richmond (23.17.155) defeated Footscray (14.13.97).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 17 June 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 22,764

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Footscray
Score: 23.17.155 - 14.13.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 3 10 . 9 13 . 12 23 . 17 23 . 17 (155)
Footscray 3 . 3 5 . 8 13 . 10 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Margin level RICH by 31 RICH by 2 RICH by 58 RICH by 58
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Sheedy
Coach: Barry Richardson

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Don McKenzie (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Quinn
J. Wright

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 1 16 14 2 1 0 2 1
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 25 18 7 3 0 3 2
33 Cloke, David ? ? 2 1 12 9 3 5 1 1 1
18 Davidson, Garry ? ? 2 0 22 11 11 6 0 2 2
5 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 3 4 12 10 2 6 9 2 1
28 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 7 1 6 2 1 0 2
37 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 2 1
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 2 1 20 13 7 5 1 3 0
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 2 0 4 2
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 1 0 2 1
25 Laughlin, Peter ? ? 5 0 7 7 0 3 0 2 3
41 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 5 26 0 3
7 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 1 0 1 0
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 4 3 36 25 11 10 1 5 0
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 0 29 18 11 7 0 1 1
36 Scrimshaw, Ian ? ? 3 0 17 15 2 2 0 0 2
10 Sheedy, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 14 5 9 1 0 2 2
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 0
14 Tempany, Bruce ? ? 0 0 27 13 14 2 1 1 3
43 Weightman, Dale ? ? 1 2 18 13 5 1 0 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 23 17 325 213 112 67 40 34 28

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 4 0 1 3
16 Blair, Dennis ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0
19 Bradmore, Phil ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 5 0 0 1
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 2 1 20 14 6 14 26 2 1
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 0 31 21 10 7 0 2 2
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 4 1
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 10 0 3 2
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 1 1 28 20 8 3 0 1 1
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 1 3 19 11 8 1 0 2 2
28 Low, Ian ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 3 0 1 1
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 1 2
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 0 2
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 1 0 15 8 7 0 8 1 3
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 1 0 1 1
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 5 0 1 3
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 2 26 19 7 3 1 4 3
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 6 2 12 11 1 10 1 2 1
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 6 2 0 2
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 1 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 2 1 18 14 4 3 0 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 14 13 320 220 100 81 38 28 34

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