1980 VFL Season Round 5: Richmond v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1980 between Richmond and Fitzroy during round five of the 1980 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Bruce Monteath captained the hosts. Ron Alexander captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tony Jewell and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Richmond (29.25.199) defeated Fitzroy (11.15.81).

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Richmond v Fitzroy
Date: Friday 25 April 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 44,401

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Fitzroy
Score: 29.25.199 - 11.15.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 6 . 1 13 . 8 18 . 19 29 . 25 29 . 25 (199)
Fitzroy 4 . 3 4 . 8 9 . 13 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Margin RICH by 10 RICH by 54 RICH by 60 RICH by 118 RICH by 118
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Bruce Monteath
Coach: Tony Jewell

Fitzroy

Captain: Ron Alexander
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Carbines
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 3 3 18 14 4 2 0 1 1
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 3 0
33 Cloke, David ? ? 3 4 29 22 7 9 3 2 3
5 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 7 0 1 1
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 8 1 1 0
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 4 0 3 2
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 4 9 2 35 0 3
7 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 2 0 2 2
11 Monteath, Bruce (c) ? ? 4 5 18 15 3 4 0 2 2
13 Naylor, Greg ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 1 3 37 26 11 4 0 2 2
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 5 1 13 8 5 4 0 0 0
22 Rowlings, Barry ? ? 6 3 30 25 5 8 0 1 0
42 Sarah, Paul ? ? 2 0 27 21 6 7 0 3 2
46 Smith, Terry ? ? 1 2 21 13 8 5 0 2 1
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
14 Tempany, Bruce ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 4 0 3 0
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 1 0 23 12 11 1 0 2 2
2 Wiley, Robert ? ? 2 1 29 22 7 4 0 0 2
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 1 1 20 14 6 7 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 29 25 384 264 120 84 39 28 24

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron (c) ? ? 0 1 10 5 5 3 18 0 1
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 1 0 1 1
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
18 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 0 0
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 1 5 12 10 2 2 0 0 1
44 Gilmore, Mick ? ? 1 1 8 4 4 1 0 0 1
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 4 2 3 0
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 1 1
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 3 1 14 11 3 0 0 0 1
21 Marchesani, Frank ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 1 0 0 2
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 6 0 1 2
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 4 0 2 1
35 Mugavin, Noel ? ? 3 0 17 10 7 3 0 1 2
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 5 0 0 0
1 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 2 1
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 5 0 2 2
25 Thompson, Len ? ? 1 3 14 8 6 5 4 4 2
49 Thornton, Ross ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 2 2
9 Walls, Robert ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 2 1
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 0 0 30 17 13 2 0 3 6
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 15 254 167 87 53 24 24 28

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