1981 VFL Round 8: Richmond v Footscray
This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 1981 between Richmond and Footscray during round 8 of the 1981 VFL season.
Richmond hosted Footscray at MCG.
Bryan Wood captained the hosts.
The hosts were coached by Tony Jewell and the visitors were coached by Royce Hart.
Richmond
B. Wood (capt.), K. Bartlett, F. Bourke, D. Cloke, E. Dunne, J. Jess, G. Landy, M. Lee, M. Malthouse, M. Nugent, M. Roach, B. Rowlings, R. Semmens, T. Smith, G. Strachan, M. Wall, C. Waterson, D. Weightman, P. Welsh, R. Wiley
Footscray
B. Berry, J. Berry, P. Bradmore, C. Burton, B. Cordy, N. Cordy, S. Davidson, I. Dunstan, J. Edmond, M. Egan, I. Hampshire, D. Hawkins, R. Kennedy, A. McConnell, B. Perrin, B. Reid, J. Reid, K. Sait, T. Wheeler, T. Whitten
Richmond (25.17.167) defeated Footscray (17.15.117).
Goalkickers
Richmond: M. Roach (7), K. Bartlett (5), P. Welsh (5), D. Cloke (3), M. Lee (2), C. Waterson, D. Weightman, R. Wiley
Footscray: P. Bradmore (4), J. Edmond (4), I. Dunstan (2), K. Sait (2), N. Cordy, S. Davidson, D. Hawkins, T. Wheeler, T. Whitten
As a result of this match, Richmond were then 5th on the ladder (up from 7th) and Footscray remained 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.
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
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
Coaches:
Tony Jewell
(Richmond),
Royce Hart
(Footscray)
Captains:
Bryan Wood
(Richmond),
unknown
(Footscray)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
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 | |||