1980 VFL Round 18: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 2 August 1980 between Richmond and Footscray during round 18 of the 1980 VFL season. 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
B. Monteath (capt.), K. Bartlett, P. Bottams, F. Bourke, D. Cloke, E. Dunne, J. Jess, M. Keane, M. Lee, M. Malthouse, S. Mount, G. Raines, M. Roach, P. Sarah, T. Smith, G. Strachan, M. Wall, D. Weightman, R. Wiley, B. Wood

Footscray
G. Jennings (capt.), J. Berry, N. Cordy, S. Davidson, I. Dunstan, J. Edmond, R. Groenewegen, I. Hampshire, D. Hawkins, S. Loveless, A. McConnell, M. McKenna, I. Morrison, B. Perrin, B. Reid, J. Reid, K. Templeton, G. Towns, T. Wheeler, T. Whitten

Richmond (23.18.156) defeated Footscray (6.5.41).

Goalkickers
Richmond: M. Roach (10), K. Bartlett (3), B. Monteath (3), E. Dunne (2), D. Cloke, G. Raines, M. Wall, R. Wiley, B. Wood
Footscray: K. Templeton (4), D. Hawkins, G. Jennings

As a result of this match, Richmond remained 1st on the ladder and Footscray were then 11th on the ladder (down from 10th) by the end of the round.

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

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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