1979 VFL Round 19: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 11 August 1979 between Footscray and Richmond during round 19 of the 1979 VFL season. 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
G. Jennings (capt.), R. Abbey, B. Berry, N. Cordy, G. Cowton, I. Dunstan, J. Edmond, M. Egan, W. Foreman, R. Groenewegen, D. Hawkins, M. Kelly, I. Morrison, J. Moylan, S. Power, A. Stoneham, K. Templeton, S. Walsh, T. Whitten, M. Williams

Richmond
K. Bartlett (capt.), P. Bottams, F. Bourke, D. Cloke, C. Considine, E. Dunne, B. Heard, J. Jess, M. Keane, G. Landy, M. Lee, B. Monteath, S. Mount, G. Raines, M. Roach, G. Robertson, B. Rowlings, I. Scrimshaw, D. Weightman, B. Wood

Footscray (13.19.97) defeated Richmond (6.5.41).

Goalkickers
Footscray: K. Templeton (6), G. Jennings (2), T. Whitten (2), D. Hawkins, M. Kelly, S. Walsh
Richmond: D. Cloke (2), E. Dunne (2), C. Considine, D. Weightman

As a result of this match, Footscray remained 9th on the ladder and Richmond were then 8th on the ladder (down from 7th) by the end of the day.

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

Coaches: Don McKenzie (Footscray), Tony Jewell (Richmond)
Captains: Geoff Jennings (Footscray), Kevin Bartlett (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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