1981 VFL Season Round 8: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 1981 between Richmond and Footscray during round eight of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at the MCG. Bryan Wood captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Tony Jewell and the visitors were coached by Royce Hart.

Richmond (25.17.167) defeated Footscray (17.15.117).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 16 May 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 21,721

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Footscray
Score: 25.17.167 - 17.15.117

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 5 . 4 10 . 8 17 . 13 25 . 17 25 . 17 (167)
Footscray 3 . 2 8 . 4 13 . 10 17 . 15 17 . 15 (117)
Margin RICH by 14 RICH by 16 RICH by 27 RICH by 50 RICH by 50
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Bryan Wood
Coach: Tony Jewell

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Royce Hart

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Dargavel
K. Quinn

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 5 3 19 14 5 2 0 0 1
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 26 18 8 3 0 1 5
33 Cloke, David ? ? 3 3 25 16 9 6 2 5 1
5 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 4 2 3 4
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 1 2 2 1
34 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 2 0 2 2
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 2 1 20 11 9 7 38 3 3
7 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 1 3
37 Nugent, Michael ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 7 1 11 8 3 7 0 0 0
22 Rowlings, Barry ? ? 0 1 23 16 7 3 0 1 2
27 Semmens, Robert ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 3 0
10 Smith, Terry ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 0 1
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 1 0 1 1
43 Wall, Matthew ? ? 0 1 21 13 8 3 0 4 2
12 Waterson, Colin ? ? 1 3 18 12 6 1 0 2 1
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 1 0 27 12 15 2 0 5 4
31 Welsh, Peter ? ? 5 2 24 17 7 4 0 3 3
2 Wiley, Robert ? ? 1 0 34 24 10 3 0 2 2
16 Wood, Bryan (c) ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 6 0 0 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 25 17 359 232 127 59 47 38 39

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Berry, Bill ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 4 2 4
38 Berry, Jeff ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 0
19 Bradmore, Phil ? ? 4 3 11 11 0 3 2 3 2
16 Burton, Chris ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 0
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 0 0 3 3
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 3 2 5 2
9 Davidson, Stan ? ? 1 1 15 11 4 3 0 2 2
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 2 4 22 18 4 3 0 3 3
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 4 1 15 12 3 4 0 3 0
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 0 0 1 0
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 1 18 0 3
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 1 0 22 15 7 3 0 3 0
54 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 1 1
28 McConnell, Alan ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 1 4
40 Perrin, Brian ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 2 2
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 0
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 0 3
52 Sait, Kevin ? ? 2 1 24 20 4 1 0 4 1
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 1 1 19 16 3 2 0 2 5
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 0 20 12 8 1 0 3 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 17 15 274 205 69 33 26 39 38

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