1979 VFL Season Round 19: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 11 August 1979 between Footscray and Richmond during round nineteen of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Richmond at Western Oval. Geoff Jennings captained the hosts. Kevin Bartlett captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Don McKenzie and the visitors were coached by Tony Jewell.

Footscray (13.19.97) defeated Richmond (6.5.41).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 11 August 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 12,557

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Richmond
Score: 13.19.97 - 6.5.41

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 5 7 . 13 10 . 13 13 . 19 13 . 19 (97)
Richmond 1 . 1 3 . 2 5 . 3 6 . 5 6 . 5 (41)
Margin FOOT by 16 FOOT by 35 FOOT by 40 FOOT by 56 FOOT by 56
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Geoff Jennings
Coach: Don McKenzie

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Bartlett
Coach: Tony Jewell

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 0 0 3 2
52 Berry, Bill ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 11 3 2
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 0 2 0 4
6 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 2 0 3 2
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 3 32 26 6 1 0 1 1
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 0 3 16 14 2 4 0 4 4
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 3 2
42 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 1 0 2 2
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 6 2 1 1
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 1 1 14 10 4 2 0 4 5
25 Jennings, Geoff (c) ? ? 2 1 14 9 5 1 0 2 1
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 1 1 17 10 7 2 0 2 3
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 2 0 3 1
9 Moylan, John ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 0 0 2 2
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 3 2
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 1 5 3
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 6 2 14 13 1 7 0 1 2
39 Walsh, Shane ? ? 1 2 5 5 0 1 0 1 1
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 2 1 16 11 5 1 0 3 1
44 Williams, Mark ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 1 2 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 13 19 300 216 84 40 17 48 42

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 1 22 20 2 2 0 4 2
38 Bottams, Phillip ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 1 0 2 2
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 2 0
33 Cloke, David ? ? 2 2 9 7 2 3 6 2 3
39 Considine, Craig ? ? 1 0 12 12 0 3 0 3 1
5 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 2 0 7 5 2 2 0 2 4
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 4 26 5 2
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 1 2 1
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 0 4 2
34 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 0 1 4 4
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 6 0 7
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 1 0 1 4
6 Mount, Stephen ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 3 1 1 1
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 1 22 16 6 0 0 2 3
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 1
24 Robertson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 1 4
22 Rowlings, Barry ? ? 0 0 29 23 6 2 0 0 3
36 Scrimshaw, Ian ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 3 0 3 2
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 1 0 13 4 9 1 0 2 1
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 6 5 266 186 80 33 41 42 48

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