1979 VFL Season Round 3: Richmond v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 21 April 1979 between Richmond and Fitzroy during round three of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Kevin Bartlett captained the hosts. Ron Alexander captained the visitors with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tony Jewell and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Richmond (20.12.132) defeated Fitzroy (16.16.112).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Richmond v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 21 April 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 24,636

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Fitzroy
Score: 20.12.132 - 16.16.112

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 5 . 1 12 . 3 15 . 7 20 . 12 20 . 12 (132)
Fitzroy 2 . 2 4 . 7 9 . 10 16 . 16 16 . 16 (112)
Margin RICH by 17 RICH by 44 RICH by 33 RICH by 20 RICH by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Bartlett
Coach: Tony Jewell

Fitzroy

Captain: Ron Alexander
Vice-Captain: Garry Wilson
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
N. Nash

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
49 Bain, Frank ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
29 Bartlett, Kevin (c) ? ? 2 0 22 21 1 4 0 5 1
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 3 2 20 14 6 4 0 3 3
33 Cloke, David ? ? 1 1 9 8 1 5 2 0 6
5 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 1 2 13 8 5 7 2 1 2
17 Edwards, Allan ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 2 3
44 Freame, Daryl ? ? 1 0 8 3 5 0 0 1 2
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 1 3 2 1
37 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 3 0
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 4 1 1 0
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 5 0 4 0
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 3 10 4 17 3 6
7 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 2 0 1 2
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 0 0 26 21 5 4 0 2 5
32 Parkes, Gary ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 4 0 3 1
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 1 1 19 11 8 1 0 1 3
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 6 1 13 10 3 4 3 2 0
14 Tempany, Bruce ? ? 1 1 24 15 9 4 1 4 3
2 Wiley, Robert ? ? 2 3 22 15 7 3 0 0 2
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 3 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 20 12 303 205 98 65 29 38 42

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron (c) ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 2 24 7 0
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 4 2 26 20 6 2 0 2 3
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 5 1 17 12 5 6 6 2 2
18 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 1 1
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 2 0 12 11 1 2 0 0 0
32 Duke, Wayne ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 1 2 20 14 6 4 1 1 3
14 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 2 1
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 4 22 17 5 1 0 3 3
44 Johnston, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
13 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 2 0 2 4
34 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 3 0 0 1
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 1 0 4
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 1 21 12 9 3 0 5 3
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 3 3
15 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 1 20 13 7 3 0 2 1
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 3 0 3 2
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 5 0 2 1
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 0 0 2 1
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 3 1 24 17 7 4 0 5 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 16 16 298 214 84 47 35 42 38

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