1985 VFL Season Round 7: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 11 May 1985 between Richmond and Footscray during round seven of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at the MCG. Mark Lee captained the hosts. Jim Edmond captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Paul Sproule and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

Richmond (15.11.101) were defeated by Footscray (23.13.151).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 11 May 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 36,260

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Footscray
Score: 15.11.101 - 23.13.151

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 3 7 . 3 13 . 7 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Footscray 9 . 4 12 . 5 18 . 8 23 . 13 23 . 13 (151)
Margin FOOT by 43 FOOT by 32 FOOT by 31 FOOT by 50 FOOT by 50
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Mark Lee
Coach: Paul Sproule

Footscray

Captain: Jim Edmond
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson
R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Brian Royal FOOT 33 3
Steve Wallis FOOT 24 2
Brad Hardie FOOT 4 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Annear, John ? ? 1 0 21 11 10 3 0 1 0
2 Burton, Chris ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 4 0 1 2
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 0
4 Eustice, Mark ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 0
15 Foley, Dan ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 5 0 1 2
7 Francis, Peter ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 4 0 0 1
10 Gepp, Tim ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 0 1 0
40 James, Stephen ? ? 6 2 12 11 1 4 0 1 3
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 3 3 10 7 3 7 1 1 0
34 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 1 0
1 Lee, Mark (c) ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 3 27 6 1
30 McKenna, Michael ? ? 0 0 25 18 7 1 0 2 2
6 Palm, David ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 9 0 2 1
35 Pickering, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 2 3
23 Poole, Trevor ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 7 0 2 0
17 Rioli, Maurice ? ? 1 0 24 21 3 0 0 1 0
22 Rowlings, Barry ? ? 0 0 21 11 10 9 0 2 0
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 2 2
16 Walsh, Phil ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 3 0 4 1
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 3 2 25 15 10 3 0 4 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 11 309 217 92 69 28 35 18

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Bamblett, Les ? ? 2 1 9 6 3 0 0 0 2
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 2
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 5 1 6 6 0 5 0 1 0
21 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 3 0 1 1
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 1 1
28 Cordy, Graeme ? ? 2 1 9 8 1 4 0 0 1
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 3 2
11 Daniels, Allen ? ? 2 2 21 20 1 3 0 0 0
20 Edmond, Jim (c) ? ? 0 3 17 11 6 9 0 0 5
4 Hardie, Brad ? ? 3 2 14 12 2 5 0 1 3
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 1 25 16 9 8 0 3 2
8 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 5 0 1 2
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 5 0 3 0
17 Maylin, Phil ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 0 3
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 0 2
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 7 11 0 5
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 5 2 30 27 3 10 0 1 1
2 Sewell, Jim ? ? 2 0 11 10 1 4 0 1 1
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 1 0 27 19 8 11 0 2 2
5 Williams, Ian ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 23 13 296 230 66 92 11 18 35

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