1985 VFL Season Round 15: Richmond v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 6 July 1985 between Richmond and Fitzroy during round fifteen of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Maurice Rioli captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Paul Sproule and the visitors were coached by Robert Walls.

Richmond (21.16.142) defeated Fitzroy (17.16.118).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Richmond v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 6 July 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 19,794

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Fitzroy
Score: 21.16.142 - 17.16.118

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 3 7 . 5 16 . 9 21 . 16 21 . 16 (142)
Fitzroy 6 . 7 10 . 11 15 . 16 17 . 16 17 . 16 (118)
Margin FITZ by 28 FITZ by 24 FITZ by 1 RICH by 24 RICH by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Maurice Rioli
Coach: Paul Sproule

Fitzroy

Captain: unknown
Coach: Robert Walls

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Howe
G. James

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Maurice Rioli RICH 17 3
Michael Pickering RICH 35 2
Dale Weightman RICH 3 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Annear, John ? ? 3 1 24 11 13 5 0 0 1
15 Barling, Tim ? ? 0 0 11 3 8 2 15 1 0
48 Crebbin, Tom ? ? 0 1 22 11 11 3 0 2 0
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 6 0 0 1
4 Eustice, Mark ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1
7 Francis, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 0 0 3 0
51 Geary, Richard ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 0 1
10 Gepp, Tim ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 4 0 0 0
40 James, Stephen ? ? 4 1 13 11 2 5 0 1 0
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 1 1 12 9 3 3 1 0 3
38 Manton, John ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 1 13 3 0
30 McKenna, Michael ? ? 0 0 22 9 13 1 0 2 1
6 Palm, David ? ? 0 1 12 7 5 1 0 1 1
35 Pickering, Michael ? ? 4 1 21 11 10 15 0 0 1
23 Poole, Trevor ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 6 0 2 2
17 Rioli, Maurice (c) ? ? 1 0 25 17 8 0 0 0 1
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 6 4 16 15 1 11 1 0 2
22 Rowlings, Barry ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 5 0 1 0
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 3 1
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 2 2 28 12 16 4 1 5 5
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 21 16 338 197 141 78 31 24 21

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Barwick, Doug ? ? 1 2 29 20 9 9 0 0 0
40 Clayton, Scott ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 0 0 2 2
46 Cooper, Jamie ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 1
8 Cross, Andrew ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 2 0 0 2
20 Gibson, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 1 0
13 Harris, Bernie ? ? 2 0 11 7 4 1 0 0 1
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 2 0 4 3
36 Knight, Phillip ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 0 0 3 2
34 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 1 2
16 Lokan, Bill ? ? 2 1 23 19 4 5 0 1 3
17 McIvor, Scott ? ? 0 1 7 3 4 4 0 0 0
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 4 3 14 14 0 10 0 0 2
24 Pekin, Tim ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 2 0 1 0
3 Pert, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 2 1
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 4 5 17 15 2 10 5 1 2
28 Reeves, Michael ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 1
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 10 0 0 0
23 Scott, Mark ? ? 1 1 17 13 4 9 5 3 1
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 3 0 0 0
14 Turner, Dean ? ? 2 0 18 10 8 6 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 16 281 201 80 84 10 21 24

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