1978 VFL Season Round 21: Fitzroy v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 26 August 1978 between Fitzroy and Richmond during round twenty-one of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Richmond at Junction Oval. Harvey Merrigan captained the hosts with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. Kevin Sheedy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Campbell and the visitors were coached by Barry Richardson.

Fitzroy (20.14.134) defeated Richmond (17.15.117).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Fitzroy v Richmond
Date: Saturday 26 August 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 11,226

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Richmond
Score: 20.14.134 - 17.15.117

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 1 10 . 6 13 . 10 20 . 14 20 . 14 (134)
Richmond 10 . 4 10 . 5 14 . 11 17 . 15 17 . 15 (117)
Margin RICH by 45 FITZ by 1 RICH by 7 FITZ by 17 FITZ by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

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

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Sheedy
Coach: Barry Richardson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
N. Nash

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 10 4 5
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 1 0 25 17 8 4 0 5 2
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 5 4 3
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 3 1
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 2 1 7 7 0 1 0 2 0
3 Frazer, John ? ? 9 2 11 11 0 4 0 4 0
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 4 2 1
17 Hodges, Russ ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 2 2
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 0 25 21 4 7 0 2 2
13 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 3 1
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 2
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0
19 McMahon, David ? ? 2 3 20 14 6 9 0 1 5
36 Merrigan, Harvey (c) ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 7 0 2 2
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 2 22 18 4 13 4 0 4
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 4 0 2 1
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 5 0 3 2
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 1 2
9 Walls, Robert ? ? 2 3 21 17 4 5 0 4 7
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 3 2 35 25 10 6 0 9 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 20 14 290 223 67 81 23 55 44

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 0 0 14 5 9 1 10 2 2
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 5 2 23 21 2 2 0 2 1
49 Berry, Jeff ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 1 0
38 Bottams, Phillip ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 0 0 3 2
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 3 2 18 11 7 2 0 3 2
33 Cloke, David ? ? 1 2 9 7 2 3 15 1 7
44 Freame, Daryl ? ? 0 1 17 10 7 3 0 2 3
28 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 2 3
23 Hummel, Jon ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 6 0 2 5
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 1 21 4 5
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 2 1
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 2 0 2 1
7 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 2 6
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 4 2 11 8 3 0 0 1 2
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 0 29 20 9 1 1 2 2
10 Sheedy, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 2 0 4 3
14 Tempany, Bruce ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 1 0 2 4
53 Waterson, Colin ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 2 6 1 0
43 Weightman, Dale ? ? 2 2 20 13 7 2 0 4 4
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 2 0 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 15 284 187 97 38 53 44 55

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