1978 VFL Season Round 20: Richmond v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 19 August 1978 between Richmond and Collingwood during round twenty of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Kevin Sheedy captained the hosts. Len Thompson captained the visitors with, in the absence of Phil Carman, deputy vice-captain Ronnie Wearmouth as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Barry Richardson and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Richmond (16.13.109) were defeated by Collingwood (19.9.123).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Richmond v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 19 August 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 59,680

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Collingwood
Score: 16.13.109 - 19.9.123

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 7 . 1 12 . 5 14 . 10 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Collingwood 1 . 1 5 . 1 11 . 5 19 . 9 19 . 9 (123)
Margin RICH by 36 RICH by 46 RICH by 23 COLL by 14 COLL by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Sheedy
Coach: Barry Richardson

Collingwood

Captain: Len Thompson
Vice-Captain: Ronnie Wearmouth (acting)
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Marcy
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 3 3 0
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 0 0 37 28 9 10 0 2 4
38 Bottams, Phillip ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 0 1
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 1 23 15 8 8 2 2 1
33 Cloke, David ? ? 4 2 12 10 2 7 5 0 3
18 Davidson, Garry ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
9 Dickson, Glenn ? ? 0 1 6 6 0 1 0 1 2
3 Feltham, Paul ? ? 3 0 23 21 2 3 0 1 4
37 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 2 3
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 3 1 16 11 5 9 1 2 4
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 21 10 11 2 0 3 1
41 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 4 18 7 4
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 3 3
7 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 1 24 18 6 6 0 0 6
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 4 2 12 12 0 7 0 1 2
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 0 27 18 9 7 0 5 2
10 Sheedy, Kevin (c) ? ? 1 0 12 6 6 1 0 2 2
14 Tempany, Bruce ? ? 0 1 21 9 12 4 0 1 2
43 Weightman, Dale ? ? 1 3 17 10 7 5 0 2 3
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 6 0 3 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 13 323 217 106 85 29 40 48

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
43 Barham, Ricky ? ? 2 0 12 11 1 1 0 4 0
11 Betts, Gerald ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 2
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 5 2
44 Dunne, Ross ? ? 4 0 8 8 0 3 1 3 4
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 2
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 6 0 1 4
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 5 0 0 1
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 4 1 16 13 3 4 1 0 2
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 6 3
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 14 2 5
14 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 3 0 3 2
7 Perry, Chris ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 2
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 8 0 3 4
12 Richardson, Max ? ? 3 0 18 16 2 5 0 4 0
4 Shaw, Derek ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 1 1 0
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 1 2 19 13 6 5 0 3 1
1 Thompson, Len (c) ? ? 3 0 8 6 2 2 6 4 2
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie (avc) ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 0 0 3 2
37 Whitcroft, Greg ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 1 0 3 2
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 5 2 1 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 19 9 237 187 50 60 25 48 40

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