1980 VFL Round 7: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 10 May 1980 between Footscray and Richmond during round 7 of the 1980 VFL season. Footscray hosted Richmond at Western Oval. Geoff Jennings captained the hosts. Bruce Monteath captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Royce Hart and the visitors were coached by Tony Jewell.

Footscray
G. Jennings (capt.), R. Abbey, R. Anderson, A. Atkinson, B. Berry, J. Berry, N. Cordy, G. Cowton, S. Davidson, I. Dunstan, J. Edmond, R. Groenewegen, M. Kelly, I. Morrison, C. Seery, K. Templeton, G. Towns, R. Tweeddale, T. Wheeler, T. Whitten

Richmond
B. Monteath (capt.), K. Bartlett, F. Bourke, D. Cloke, D. Collins, E. Dunne, J. Jess, M. Keane, M. Lee, M. Malthouse, G. Raines, M. Roach, B. Rowlings, P. Sarah, T. Smith, G. Strachan, B. Tempany, D. Weightman, R. Wiley, B. Wood

Footscray (10.10.70) were defeated by Richmond (27.18.180).

Goalkickers
Footscray: I. Morrison (3), C. Seery (2), K. Templeton (2), A. Atkinson, S. Davidson, T. Whitten
Richmond: M. Roach (11), K. Bartlett (4), B. Monteath (2), G. Raines (2), P. Sarah (2), D. Weightman (2), R. Wiley (2), D. Cloke, M. Keane

As a result of this match, Footscray remained 12th on the ladder and Richmond were then 1st on the ladder (up from 2nd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 10 May 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 16,471

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Richmond
Score: 10.10.70 - 27.18.180

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 2 3 . 6 6 . 7 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Richmond 3 . 1 9 . 10 17 . 12 27 . 18 27 . 18 (180)
Margin RICH by 11 RICH by 40 RICH by 71 RICH by 110 RICH by 110
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Royce Hart (Footscray), Tony Jewell (Richmond)
Captains: Geoff Jennings (Footscray), Bruce Monteath (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Carbines, I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 1 0
12 Anderson, Robert ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 2 1 2
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 3 0 1 2
4 Berry, Bill ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 4 14 4 0
38 Berry, Jeff ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 2 0 4 3
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 1 2 2
6 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 3 0 2 1
53 Davidson, Stan ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 1 0 3 1
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 2 25 18 7 2 0 1 1
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 4 1 3 1
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 1 2 2 3
25 Jennings, Geoff (c) ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 2 0 2 4
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 0 0 1 1
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 3 1 10 10 0 3 0 4 1
47 Seery, Colin ? ? 2 0 13 10 3 2 0 2 0
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 2 1 12 10 2 8 3 0 4
17 Towns, Greg ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 5 0 2 1
23 Tweeddale, Russell ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 0 3 1
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 2 1
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 1 17 12 5 2 0 2 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 10 10 283 201 82 47 23 42 32

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 4 2 18 15 3 3 0 0 3
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 1 0 5
33 Cloke, David ? ? 1 1 25 13 12 9 6 3 2
28 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 24 13 11 2 1 4 3
5 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 3 0 1 0
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 5 0 5 0
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 1 0 26 21 5 4 0 2 3
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 1 19 8 11 6 49 1 3
7 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 22 12 10 2 0 5 2
11 Monteath, Bruce (c) ? ? 2 1 17 8 9 0 0 0 3
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 2 0 24 15 9 1 0 4 2
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 11 2 22 17 5 16 1 1 1
22 Rowlings, Barry ? ? 0 1 23 19 4 2 0 2 2
42 Sarah, Paul ? ? 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 2
46 Smith, Terry ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 0 2
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 1 0
14 Tempany, Bruce ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 1 2
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 2 2 20 11 9 5 0 0 3
2 Wiley, Robert ? ? 2 2 27 22 5 2 0 1 2
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 4 0 1 2
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 27 18 364 235 129 72 58 32 42

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