1984 VFL Season Round 1: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 31 March 1984 between Footscray and Richmond during round one of the 1984 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Richmond at Western Oval. Jim Edmond captained the hosts. Barry Rowlings captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by Mike Patterson.

Footscray (18.14.122) defeated Richmond (11.17.83).

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 31 March 1984
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 25,270

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Richmond
Score: 18.14.122 - 11.17.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 6 9 . 8 13 . 11 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
Richmond 1 . 4 1 . 11 5 . 15 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
Margin FOOT by 14 FOOT by 45 FOOT by 44 FOOT by 39 FOOT by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Jim Edmond
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Richmond

Captain: Barry Rowlings
Coach: Mike Patterson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bryant
P. Cameron

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Simon Beasley FOOT 18 3
Chris Hansen FOOT 17 2
Ian Williams FOOT 5 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 11 4 20 19 1 13 1 4 3
16 Burton, Chris ? ? 1 3 27 18 9 7 0 2 4
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 0 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 5 0 2 1
4 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 2 0 0
20 Edmond, Jim (c) ? ? 2 1 9 8 1 3 0 0 1
30 Edwards, Allan ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 3 0 2 2
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 0 0
17 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 7 1 3 1
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 0 0 4 1
3 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 4 1 3 2
38 Lunn, Stephen ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 McKenna, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 2 6
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 1 0 4 1
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 10 3 2
26 Riley, John ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 4 3
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 2 2 22 18 4 3 0 2 2
2 Sewell, Jim ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 4 3
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 24 11 13 5 0 1 1
5 Williams, Ian ? ? 1 0 22 14 8 4 1 3 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 18 14 299 206 93 65 16 43 35

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Ablett, Geoff ? ? 0 2 4 3 1 1 0 0 1
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 6 0 4 1
7 Francis, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 1 2
10 Gepp, Tim ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 3 0
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 0 2 1 5
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 1 0 21 16 5 0 0 3 1
34 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 4 5 0 1
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 1 0 20 9 11 6 29 2 4
44 Lovett, Wally ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 0
6 Palm, David ? ? 0 0 21 8 13 5 0 2 4
24 Peart, Neil ? ? 0 2 17 11 6 2 0 2 3
35 Pickering, Michael ? ? 3 2 19 13 6 8 0 4 3
13 Pirrie, Stephen ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 1
17 Rioli, Maurice ? ? 0 3 23 17 6 1 0 2 1
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 2 2 15 14 1 7 4 3 1
22 Rowlings, Barry (c) ? ? 1 0 21 13 8 0 0 3 2
21 Taylor, Brian ? ? 3 2 7 5 2 3 0 1 2
12 Wall, Matthew ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 0 0 1 4
16 Walsh, Phil ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 5 0 1 5
31 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 11 17 285 179 106 54 40 35 43

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