1981 VFL Round 18: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 1 August 1981 between Footscray and Richmond during round 18 of the 1981 VFL season. Footscray hosted Richmond at VFL Park. Bryan Wood captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Royce Hart and the visitors were coached by Tony Jewell.

Footscray
J. Berry, C. Burton, B. Cordy, S. Davidson, T. De Koning, I. Dunstan, J. Edmond, M. Egan, R. Gallagher, I. Hampshire, D. Hawkins, R. Kennedy, J. McAllester, B. Reid, J. Reid, K. Sait, C. Seery, K. Templeton, T. Wheeler, T. Whitten

Richmond
B. Wood (capt.), K. Bartlett, E. Dunne, D. Freame, J. Jess, G. Landy, M. Lee, M. Malthouse, A. Martello, G. Martin, G. Raines, M. Roach, G. Robertson, B. Rowlings, T. Smith, G. Strachan, B. Taylor, B. Tempany, D. Vernon, M. Wall

Footscray (9.15.69) were defeated by Richmond (15.13.103).

Goalkickers
Footscray: S. Davidson (2), D. Hawkins (2), K. Templeton (2), R. Gallagher, J. McAllester, T. Whitten
Richmond: M. Roach (7), K. Bartlett (3), A. Martello (2), D. Freame, B. Rowlings, D. Vernon

As a result of this match, Footscray remained 11th on the ladder and Richmond were then 6th on the ladder (up from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 1 August 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 19,725

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Richmond
Score: 9.15.69 - 15.13.103

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 5 7 . 8 7 . 11 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
Richmond 1 . 2 6 . 6 10 . 11 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Margin FOOT by 21 FOOT by 8 RICH by 18 RICH by 34 RICH by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Royce Hart (Footscray), Tony Jewell (Richmond)
Captains: unknown (Footscray), Bryan Wood (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: T. Bryant, J. Morgan

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Berry, Jeff ? ? 0 0 22 12 10 1 0 8 0
16 Burton, Chris ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 0 0 1 0
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 1 2
9 Davidson, Stan ? ? 2 1 18 13 5 3 0 4 0
11 De Koning, Terry ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 0
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 3 0 2 1
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 0 3 19 17 2 5 0 4 0
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 3 0 2 1
41 Gallagher, Ross ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 1 0 1 3
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 23 9 14 8 16 4 4
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 2 0 19 9 10 2 1 3 3
54 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 0 1 3 1
36 McAllester, Jim ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 4 0 2 1
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 5 0 3 4
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 6 1 0 2
52 Sait, Kevin ? ? 0 3 23 17 6 2 0 3 1
47 Seery, Colin ? ? 0 1 21 16 5 6 0 4 0
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 2 3 16 12 4 6 2 0 2
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 3 0 3 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 2 14 11 3 1 0 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 15 317 211 106 61 25 50 29

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 3 2 19 19 0 5 0 1 2
5 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 3 2 0 1
44 Freame, Daryl ? ? 1 0 19 9 10 0 0 1 3
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 3 0 1 6
34 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 7 0 0 3
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 22 8 14 7 33 3 6
7 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 1 0 1 3
15 Martello, Alan ? ? 2 2 26 15 11 4 7 1 4
32 Martin, Geoff ? ? 0 0 19 8 11 3 0 1 3
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 0 30 19 11 4 0 2 1
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 7 1 15 11 4 8 0 2 1
24 Robertson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 5 0 3
22 Rowlings, Barry ? ? 1 0 41 33 8 10 0 3 0
10 Smith, Terry ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 0 0 1
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 0 0 3 4
21 Taylor, Brian ? ? 0 1 4 1 3 1 0 1 2
14 Tempany, Bruce ? ? 0 0 21 11 10 4 0 5 1
40 Vernon, Daryl ? ? 1 2 16 11 5 2 0 3 3
43 Wall, Matthew ? ? 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
16 Wood, Bryan (c) ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 3 0 1 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 15 13 347 220 127 72 47 29 49

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