1979 VFL Season Round 22: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 1 September 1979 between Essendon and Richmond during round twenty-two of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at Windy Hill. Ken Fletcher captained the hosts with Simon Madden as vice-captain. Kevin Bartlett captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Barry Davis and the visitors were coached by Tony Jewell.

Essendon (8.15.63) were defeated by Richmond (18.14.122).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 1 September 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 22,659

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Richmond
Score: 8.15.63 - 18.14.122

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 6 4 . 7 7 . 13 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Richmond 4 . 4 8 . 9 12 . 9 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
Margin RICH by 10 RICH by 26 RICH by 26 RICH by 59 RICH by 59
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Bartlett
Coach: Tony Jewell

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
K. Norris

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
48 Barbary, Craig ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 4 0 1 3
30 Besanko, Neil ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 3 0 2 2
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 10 16 4 2
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 1 0
29 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 2 2
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 6 0 3 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 2 1 22 20 2 4 0 4 3
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 3 1
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 2 15 12 3 3 0 1 1
27 Madden, Simon (vc) ? ? 0 4 17 12 5 10 10 5 3
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 1 2 21 19 2 4 0 5 3
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 2 0 3 2
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 3 0
15 Primmer, Wayne ? ? 0 1 7 3 4 0 0 1 1
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 3 0 13 11 2 4 0 1 0
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 4 0 2 1
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 2 0 5 0
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 6 3 1 4
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 3 0 3 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 8 15 278 212 66 73 29 50 29

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin (c) ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 0 0 3 4
38 Bottams, Phillip ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 2 1
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 6 0 2 1
33 Cloke, David ? ? 3 2 22 18 4 12 2 1 4
5 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 5 1 1 2
44 Freame, Daryl ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 0 0 19 8 11 9 24 3 5
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 0 0
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 5 0 2 1
34 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 1 1
25 Laughlin, Peter ? ? 2 1 9 6 3 2 0 0 0
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 2 3 36 26 10 4 0 4 5
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 2 0 1 5
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 7 2 12 10 2 4 3 0 1
24 Robertson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 0 0 1 1
22 Rowlings, Barry ? ? 1 0 23 17 6 1 0 1 3
36 Scrimshaw, Ian ? ? 2 2 15 10 5 3 0 1 3
14 Tempany, Bruce ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 2 2
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 0 1 18 10 8 3 0 3 5
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 4 0 1 5
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 14 321 214 107 66 30 29 50

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