1980 VFL Season Round 18: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 2 August 1980 between Richmond and Footscray during round eighteen of the 1980 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at VFL Park. Bruce Monteath captained the hosts. Geoff Jennings captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tony Jewell and the visitors were coached by Royce Hart.

Richmond (23.18.156) defeated Footscray (6.5.41).

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 2 August 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 18,282

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Footscray
Score: 23.18.156 - 6.5.41

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 11 . 6 15 . 8 19 . 14 23 . 18 23 . 18 (156)
Footscray 2 . 1 5 . 2 5 . 3 6 . 5 6 . 5 (41)
Margin RICH by 59 RICH by 66 RICH by 95 RICH by 115 RICH by 115
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Bruce Monteath
Coach: Tony Jewell

Footscray

Captain: Geoff Jennings
Coach: Royce Hart

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
J. Chapman

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 3 4 23 18 5 4 0 1 1
38 Bottams, Phillip ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 1 0 4 1
33 Cloke, David ? ? 1 1 18 12 6 9 7 1 3
5 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 2 3 8 6 2 3 3 1 3
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 1 0
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 0 0 2 3
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 3 31 5 4
7 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 2 2
11 Monteath, Bruce (c) ? ? 3 2 23 18 5 2 0 0 7
6 Mount, Stephen ? ? 0 1 24 18 6 3 0 1 4
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 1 1 35 22 13 3 0 3 3
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 10 0 13 12 1 9 0 0 2
42 Sarah, Paul ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
46 Smith, Terry ? ? 0 1 22 13 9 2 0 1 4
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 1 0 5 2
43 Wall, Matthew ? ? 1 1 14 9 5 0 0 0 4
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 0 1 30 17 13 1 0 2 1
2 Wiley, Robert ? ? 1 1 30 23 7 5 0 2 6
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 1 0 19 12 7 6 0 3 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 23 18 353 236 117 55 41 35 52

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Berry, Jeff ? ? 0 0 23 15 8 6 0 5 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 1 0
53 Davidson, Stan ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 3 0 1 2
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 1 0 4 5
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 3 0 1 3
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 1 0 2 0
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 5 21 4 5
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 1 0 23 15 8 2 0 3 2
25 Jennings, Geoff (c) ? ? 1 1 21 16 5 3 0 2 0
2 Loveless, Shane ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 4
28 McConnell, Alan ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 3 2
34 McKenna, Michael ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 1
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 0 5 1
40 Perrin, Brian ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 2 2
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 1 5 3 1
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 1 4 1
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 4 1 22 14 8 6 5 2 2
17 Towns, Greg ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 2 0 3 2
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 2 1 2 1
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 1 0 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 6 5 295 199 96 47 33 52 35

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