1985 VFL Season Round 18: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 3 August 1985 between Footscray and Richmond during round eighteen of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Richmond at VFL Park. Jim Edmond captained the hosts. Maurice Rioli captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by Paul Sproule.

Footscray (25.16.166) defeated Richmond (17.6.108).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 3 August 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 16,205

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Richmond
Score: 25.16.166 - 17.6.108

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 2 12 . 8 16 . 11 25 . 16 25 . 16 (166)
Richmond 3 . 3 6 . 5 14 . 5 17 . 6 17 . 6 (108)
Margin FOOT by 5 FOOT by 39 FOOT by 18 FOOT by 58 FOOT by 58
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Jim Edmond
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Richmond

Captain: Maurice Rioli
Coach: Paul Sproule

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
G. James

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Simon Beasley FOOT 18 3
Brad Hardie FOOT 4 2
Dale Weightman RICH 3 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Bamblett, Les ? ? 2 1 14 11 3 5 0 1 5
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 12 3 18 17 1 13 1 3 2
21 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 1 0 23 14 9 6 0 4 5
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 4 0 3 2
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 7 1 6 1 0 5 1
11 Daniels, Allen ? ? 1 1 19 15 4 6 0 2 1
20 Edmond, Jim (c) ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 5 0 2 1
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 1 0 3 5
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 0 0
4 Hardie, Brad ? ? 2 0 22 15 7 3 0 2 1
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 1 25 17 8 9 0 2 3
3 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 2 0
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 1 1 23 14 9 5 0 3 3
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 4 0 1 1
37 Peart, Neil ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 3 3
38 Petraglia, Angelo ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 0 0 1 0
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 3 26 5 5
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 3 1 23 18 5 2 0 1 1
2 Sewell, Jim ? ? 0 0 16 5 11 5 2 1 1
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 1 2 23 19 4 10 0 2 2
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 25 16 321 222 99 87 29 46 42

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Annear, John ? ? 0 0 19 6 13 4 0 4 1
15 Barling, Tim ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 11 3 7
2 Burton, Chris ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 1 0
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 2 2
4 Eustice, Mark ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 4 0 1 1
15 Foley, Dan ? ? 0 0 15 5 10 4 1 2 1
7 Francis, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 2 0 1 0
10 Gepp, Tim ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 2 1
40 James, Stephen ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 1 3
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 1 13 6 7 3 0 1 3
34 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 3 2
30 McKenna, Michael ? ? 1 0 17 15 2 2 0 3 5
6 Palm, David ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 3 0 0 3
35 Pickering, Michael ? ? 3 0 15 8 7 7 0 2 4
23 Poole, Trevor ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 8 1 5 3
17 Rioli, Maurice (c) ? ? 0 1 18 11 7 1 0 2 3
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 6 0 9 9 0 6 0 1 1
22 Rowlings, Barry ? ? 4 0 23 17 6 6 0 1 1
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 1 2 2
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 3 1 29 17 12 2 0 6 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 6 300 190 110 69 14 43 46

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