1979 VFL Season Round 11: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 18 June 1979 between Richmond and Essendon during round eleven of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at VFL Park. Kevin Bartlett captained the hosts. Ken Fletcher captained the visitors with Simon Madden as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tony Jewell and the visitors were coached by Barry Davis.

Richmond (16.12.108) were defeated by Essendon (20.12.132).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Monday 18 June 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 53,116

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Essendon
Score: 16.12.108 - 20.12.132

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 2 6 . 6 9 . 10 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
Essendon 8 . 0 11 . 0 16 . 7 20 . 12 20 . 12 (132)
Margin ESSE by 34 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 39 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Bartlett
Coach: Tony Jewell

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Vice-Captain: Simon Madden
Coach: Barry Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Moss
N. Nash

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin (c) ? ? 4 1 20 19 1 3 0 2 4
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 1 1
33 Cloke, David ? ? 6 3 20 13 7 5 4 0 0
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 0 13 4 9 4 0 1 3
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 2 1
41 Kershaw, Kim ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 6 0 2
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 4 20 4 3
42 McMillan, Geoff ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 1 1
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 2 0 3 2
13 Naylor, Greg ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 2 2
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 1 1 25 16 9 3 0 2 2
24 Robertson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 2 1
22 Rowlings, Barry ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 1 0 1 4
36 Scrimshaw, Ian ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 0
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 2 9 7 2 5 0 1 2
14 Tempany, Bruce ? ? 0 1 15 6 9 2 0 0 1
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 4 1 21 8 13 1 0 3 3
2 Wiley, Robert ? ? 1 0 26 23 3 3 0 4 2
9 Williams, Shane ? ? 0 2 18 10 8 5 0 2 2
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 3 0 4 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 12 300 198 102 52 30 35 39

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 1 0 26 16 10 5 0 6 3
30 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 2 1
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 2 1 0
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 4 0 1 0
3 Day, Barry ? ? 1 1 23 12 11 7 0 2 3
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 2 1 16 10 6 6 0 1 1
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 0 3 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 6 0 1 1
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 0
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 4 14 0 2
27 Madden, Simon (vc) ? ? 6 2 13 11 2 7 9 3 1
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 1 2 33 28 5 7 0 5 5
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 6 0 1 3
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 1 0
15 Primmer, Wayne ? ? 4 1 23 16 7 3 0 2 3
2 Reid, Alan ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 5 0 1 1
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 1 1 16 15 1 4 0 1 5
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 2 1 24 18 6 6 2 7 1
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 2 0 1 4
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 20 12 324 228 96 84 27 39 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