1982 VFL Round 3: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 12 April 1982 between Richmond and Essendon during round 3 of the 1982 VFL season. Richmond hosted Essendon at MCG. David Cloke captained the hosts. Tim Watson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Francis Bourke and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Richmond
D. Cloke (capt.), K. Bartlett, E. Dunne, P. Egan, J. Jess, M. Keane, G. Landy, M. Malthouse, G. Raines, M. Rioli, M. Roach, B. Rowlings, T. Smith, G. Strachan, D. Sutton, B. Taylor, D. Weightman, P. Welsh, R. Wiley, B. Wood

Essendon
T. Watson (capt.), T. Buhagiar, S. Carey, N. Clarke, S. Copping, M. Crow, T. Daniher, B. Duckworth, M. Eustice, N. Fields, G. Foulds, G. Fowler, G. Hawker, J. Madden, S. Madden, W. Otway, A. Stoneham, M. Thomson, P. Vander Haar, K. Walsh

Richmond (25.22.172) defeated Essendon (16.14.110).

Goalkickers
Richmond: R. Wiley (7), K. Bartlett (4), B. Taylor (3), M. Rioli (2), M. Roach (2), D. Weightman (2), B. Wood (2), D. Cloke, P. Egan, G. Landy
Essendon: G. Hawker (5), W. Otway (3), S. Copping (2), T. Buhagiar, M. Crow, G. Foulds, G. Fowler, J. Madden, T. Watson

As a result of this match, Richmond remained 2nd on the ladder and Essendon were then 5th on the ladder (down from 1st) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 1982 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Monday 12 April 1982
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 90,564

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 25.22.172 - 16.14.110

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 7 12 . 14 15 . 18 25 . 22 25 . 22 (172)
Essendon 6 . 3 12 . 9 14 . 13 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Margin ESSE by 8 RICH by 5 RICH by 11 RICH by 62 RICH by 62
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Francis Bourke (Richmond), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: David Cloke (Richmond), Tim Watson (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Sawers, K. Smith

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 4 3 16 16 0 2 0 0 5
33 Cloke, David (c) ? ? 1 2 19 14 5 12 9 2 2
5 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 5 7 3 5
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 1 1 11 9 2 3 0 2 0
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 1 0
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 1 22 16 6 2 0 2 0
34 Landy, Graeme ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 4 0 2 2
7 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 3 1
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 0 27 18 9 8 0 1 3
17 Rioli, Maurice ? ? 2 0 18 10 8 1 0 4 1
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 2 2 8 6 2 3 1 2 3
22 Rowlings, Barry ? ? 0 0 27 22 5 4 0 3 2
10 Smith, Terry ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 1 1 1
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 0 0 4 1
24 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 3 2
21 Taylor, Brian ? ? 3 4 9 7 2 4 0 0 3
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 2 1 27 8 19 6 0 1 4
31 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 2 0
2 Wiley, Robert ? ? 7 0 33 27 6 6 0 1 1
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 2 1 22 18 4 5 0 2 2
Rushed 7
Total (20 players) 25 22 330 236 94 73 18 39 38

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 1 0 21 8 13 3 1 3 0
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 1 2
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 1 0 4 2
24 Copping, Stephen ? ? 2 1 13 9 4 4 0 2 4
31 Crow, Max ? ? 1 1 8 5 3 4 8 2 3
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 4 1
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 2 0 4 1
19 Eustice, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 1 3
28 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 0 0 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 1 2 14 12 2 4 0 0 3
23 Fowler, Grant ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 1 0 3 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 5 2 20 18 2 6 0 2 5
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 1 26 5 3
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 5 10 2 0
15 Otway, Wayne ? ? 3 1 15 11 4 2 0 1 0
11 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 1 1
34 Thomson, Michael ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 3
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 2 8 6 2 2 1 0 2
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 2
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 1 2 23 19 4 7 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 14 265 199 66 57 46 38 39

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