1978 VFL Season Round 17: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 29 July 1978 between Richmond and Essendon during round seventeen of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at the MCG. Kevin Sheedy captained the hosts. Ken Fletcher captained the visitors with, in the absence of Ron Andrews, deputy vice-captain Simon Madden as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Barry Richardson and the visitors were coached by Barry Davis.

Richmond (20.16.136) defeated Essendon (13.18.96).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 29 July 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 41,878

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 20.16.136 - 13.18.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 7 . 4 11 . 9 16 . 9 20 . 16 20 . 16 (136)
Essendon 4 . 5 9 . 8 12 . 10 13 . 18 13 . 18 (96)
Margin RICH by 17 RICH by 13 RICH by 23 RICH by 40 RICH by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Sheedy
Coach: Barry Richardson

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Fellows
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 4 1 27 25 2 4 0 1 2
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 2 12 9 3 2 0 0 1
33 Cloke, David ? ? 2 0 17 9 8 7 4 1 2
18 Davidson, Garry ? ? 2 3 21 13 8 5 0 3 3
1 Einsiedel, John ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 3 0
37 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 0
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 4 6 20 15 5 9 0 2 3
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 2 0 3 2
25 Laughlin, Peter ? ? 2 0 13 7 6 3 0 2 3
41 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 4 10 5 23 2 2
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 1 0
7 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 4 0 0 7
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 1 1 19 17 2 4 0 1 3
32 Parkes, Gary ? ? 2 0 21 16 5 5 0 4 3
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 0 26 19 7 1 0 3 1
36 Scrimshaw, Ian ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 1 0 1 4
10 Sheedy, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 1 2
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 4 3
14 Tempany, Bruce ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 5 0 1 1
43 Weightman, Dale ? ? 2 0 17 8 9 0 0 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 20 16 319 219 100 65 27 35 44

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 4 0 2 2
7 Burdett, Geoff ? ? 0 1 13 5 8 3 0 2 0
20 Cahill, Terry ? ? 1 1 20 15 5 6 0 2 1
19 Close, Robin ? ? 0 3 9 9 0 5 0 2 1
31 Crow, Max ? ? 4 2 15 13 2 9 12 3 2
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 0 0 1 3
29 Davis, Allan ? ? 1 2 17 11 6 2 0 2 4
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 1 0 5 3
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 4 0 3 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 5 0 1 0
27 Madden, Simon (avc) ? ? 2 2 10 8 2 5 11 1 2
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 4 0 4 3
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 1 1
15 Primmer, Wayne ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 2 0
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 1 1 26 24 2 8 0 4 1
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 8 0 0 1
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 5 0 2 4
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 2 2 18 15 3 9 1 1 2
1 Walsh, Brian ? ? 1 1 24 22 2 11 0 3 2
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 3 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 13 18 302 227 75 98 24 44 35

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