1983 VFL Season Round 5: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1983 between Richmond and Footscray during round five of the 1983 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at the MCG. Barry Rowlings captained the hosts. Jim Edmond captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Francis Bourke and the visitors were coached by Ian Hampshire.

Richmond (17.12.114) were defeated by Footscray (18.8.116).

Match Details

Season: 1983 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Monday 25 April 1983
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 51,651

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Footscray
Score: 17.12.114 - 18.8.116

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 0 . 3 8 . 8 13 . 11 17 . 12 17 . 12 (114)
Footscray 10 . 3 12 . 3 16 . 5 18 . 8 18 . 8 (116)
Margin FOOT by 60 FOOT by 19 FOOT by 12 FOOT by 2 FOOT by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Barry Rowlings
Coach: Francis Bourke

Footscray

Captain: Jim Edmond
Coach: Ian Hampshire

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Carbines
J. Morgan

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
36 Balme, Craig ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 3 0
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 2 0 7 5 2 1 0 0 2
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 6 0 2 1
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 1 0 21 18 3 11 0 2 4
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 2 0 2 0
34 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 3 3
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 22 12 10 8 37 3 3
6 Palm, David ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 0
17 Rioli, Maurice ? ? 3 0 22 13 9 0 0 1 0
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 0 3 17 16 1 8 0 3 2
41 Rolfe, Michael ? ? 0 1 21 14 7 3 0 0 3
22 Rowlings, Barry (c) ? ? 1 0 23 16 7 3 0 2 1
45 Shand, Wayne ? ? 0 0 25 12 13 2 0 4 2
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 3 1 2 0
21 Taylor, Brian ? ? 3 4 14 8 6 7 3 1 2
12 Wall, Matthew ? ? 1 0 16 3 13 2 0 0 3
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 0 1 20 6 14 1 0 5 2
31 Welsh, Peter ? ? 3 0 13 7 6 2 0 0 7
2 Wiley, Robert ? ? 2 2 13 8 5 1 0 1 1
42 Winton, Brian ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 1 0 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 12 321 194 127 63 41 37 37

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 3 3 7 7 0 4 0 2 4
16 Burton, Chris ? ? 1 0 13 13 0 2 0 1 1
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 4 0 2 1
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 3 1
20 Edmond, Jim (c) ? ? 7 1 21 15 6 9 0 4 3
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 14 3 11 4 0 0 1
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 1 0 2 1 1 0 5 2 1
17 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 5 1
3 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 2 0 1 3
8 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 2 0 1 2
15 Lunn, Stephen ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 1 1
43 MacPherson, Rod ? ? 2 0 14 10 4 3 0 2 1
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 3 0 2 4
34 McKenna, Michael ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 0 0 2 2
40 Perrin, Brian ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 1 1
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 2 19 7 0
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 0 1 21 16 5 2 1 1 4
2 Sewell, Jim ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 5 0 0 1
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 26 18 8 6 0 3 2
5 Williams, Ian ? ? 3 1 14 12 2 2 1 1 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 8 287 200 87 58 26 41 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