1978 VFL Season Round 22: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 2 September 1978 between Footscray and Richmond during round twenty-two of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Richmond at VFL Park. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. Kevin Sheedy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Don McKenzie and the visitors were coached by Barry Richardson.

Footscray (11.15.81) were defeated by Richmond (19.20.134).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 2 September 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 17,768

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Richmond
Score: 11.15.81 - 19.20.134

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 3 6 . 9 7 . 13 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Richmond 4 . 4 7 . 7 13 . 13 19 . 20 19 . 20 (134)
Margin RICH by 1 RICH by 4 RICH by 36 RICH by 53 RICH by 53
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Don McKenzie (caretaker)

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Sheedy
Coach: Barry Richardson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Marcy
J. Morgan

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 8 0 3 4
46 Davis, Greg ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 1 1 19 16 3 11 10 1 2
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 3 1 1 4
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 4 0 2 3
37 Fox, Tony ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 0 2
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 1 1 9 5 4 1 8 2 2
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 0 1 23 17 6 7 0 3 3
8 Johnson, Matt ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 1 2 3
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 1 2
28 Low, Ian ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 2 0 2 4
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 11 0 4 2
10 Munro, Peter ? ? 0 2 15 12 3 7 0 1 2
23 Perussich, Lee ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 3 0 1 0
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 3 0 2 2
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 3 2
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 5 0 5 7
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 4 1 11 10 1 8 8 2 2
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 2 3
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 3 2 20 15 5 4 0 3 2
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 11 15 280 206 74 89 30 40 51

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 4 8 4 8
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 6 5 32 27 5 9 0 3 0
49 Berry, Jeff ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 4 0 3 1
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 3 1 20 16 4 8 0 2 1
44 Freame, Daryl ? ? 0 0 32 18 14 2 1 9 3
23 Hummel, Jon ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 0 1
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 1 1 5 5 0 1 4 2 0
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 5 0 1 2
25 Laughlin, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 1 0 2 0
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 2 2
7 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 2 3
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 3 3 13 12 1 5 0 3 1
13 Naylor, Greg ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 3 0 1 1
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 1 2 24 15 9 9 0 1 2
56 Roach, Stephen ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 4 0 1 2
10 Sheedy, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 25 14 11 5 0 5 1
14 Tempany, Bruce ? ? 0 0 16 5 11 3 1 1 3
53 Waterson, Colin ? ? 1 4 9 6 3 2 2 1 1
43 Weightman, Dale ? ? 1 0 29 17 12 5 0 5 4
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 3 0 18 12 6 5 0 3 4
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 19 20 353 225 128 81 16 51 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