1987 VFL Round 12: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 13 June 1987 between Richmond and Footscray during round 12 of the 1987 VFL season. Richmond hosted Footscray at VFL Park. Mark Lee captained the hosts. Rick Kennedy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tony Jewell and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

Richmond
M. Lee (capt.), G. Bayes, B. Bower, C. Burton, P. Czerkaski, P. Egan, G. Frangalas, S. James, J. Manton, A. McKellar, M. Mitchell, R. Nixon, D. Notting, D. Palm, M. Pickering, T. Poole, M. Rioli, M. Roach, T. Wallace, P. Wilson

Footscray
R. Kennedy (capt.), D. Baxter, S. Beasley, B. Cordy, R. Cousins, P. Cronan, G. Eppelstun, M. Ford, P. Foster, M. Hannebery, D. Hawkins, T. Liberatore, S. MacPherson, T. McGuinness, A. Petraglia, A. Purser, M. Rance, B. Royal, Z. Tzatzaris, S. Wallis

Richmond (11.8.74) were defeated by Footscray (21.16.142).

Goalkickers
Richmond: P. Egan (4), M. Mitchell (2), M. Roach (2), M. Lee, D. Palm, P. Wilson
Footscray: S. Beasley (8), S. MacPherson (4), T. McGuinness (2), A. Petraglia (2), B. Cordy, R. Cousins, P. Foster, T. Liberatore, M. Rance

As a result of this match, Richmond remained 14th on the ladder and Footscray were then 5th on the ladder (up from 7th) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 13 June 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 16,279

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Footscray
Score: 11.8.74 - 21.16.142

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 0 4 . 5 11 . 6 11 . 8 11 . 8 (74)
Footscray 5 . 3 11 . 7 15 . 9 21 . 16 21 . 16 (142)
Margin FOOT by 15 FOOT by 44 FOOT by 27 FOOT by 68 FOOT by 68
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Tony Jewell (Richmond), Mick Malthouse (Footscray)
Captains: Mark Lee (Richmond), Rick Kennedy (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Bulluss, G. Dore

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Tony McGuinness FOOT 11 3
Peter Foster FOOT 32 2
John Manton RICH 11 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
33 Bayes, Gavin ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 0
31 Bower, Brendan ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 3 0 2 5 2
2 Burton, Chris ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 5 0 0 0 1
28 Czerkaski, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 8 0 0 1 2
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 4 1 13 10 3 5 0 0 1 0
9 Frangalas, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 0 1 1
40 James, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 6 0 0 0 2
1 Lee, Mark (c) ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 11 4 0 0 4
11 Manton, John ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 9 0 1 3 2
47 McKellar, Allan ? ? 0 1 25 15 10 2 0 3 6 3
7 Mitchell, Michael ? ? 2 1 8 6 2 1 0 0 1 0
36 Nixon, Richard ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 3 1 1 0
58 Notting, Dean ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 1 0 0
6 Palm, David ? ? 1 1 18 9 9 1 0 4 2 4
35 Pickering, Michael ? ? 0 0 29 14 15 9 0 0 2 2
23 Poole, Trevor ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 1 1 1 4
27 Rioli, Maurice ? ? 0 1 18 10 8 0 0 1 5 0
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 2 1 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 0
16 Wallace, Terry ? ? 0 0 23 12 11 3 0 3 2 0
5 Wilson, Peter ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 6 0 2 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 8 284 185 99 75 9 20 31 29

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 0 2 0
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 8 4 15 13 2 9 0 0 1 2
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 1 1 23 17 6 5 0 0 2 1
2 Cousins, Richard ? ? 1 0 20 12 8 7 6 0 0 1
17 Cronan, Phil ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 1 1 0
12 Eppelstun, Greg ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 2 3 1
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 1 0 0
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 1 1 19 19 0 12 0 0 0 1
36 Hannebery, Matt ? ? 0 0 27 20 7 9 0 2 3 0
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 0 3 1
8 Kennedy, Rick (c) ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 2 2 1
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 1 1 10 6 4 2 0 1 2 0
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 4 2 18 12 6 4 0 1 1 4
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 2 0 30 20 10 2 0 0 1 6
38 Petraglia, Angelo ? ? 2 0 19 15 4 2 0 1 0 3
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 8 0 1 1
15 Rance, Murray ? ? 1 0 21 12 9 11 0 1 1 1
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 0 3 33 18 15 5 0 3 6 3
19 Tzatzaris, Zeno ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 2 21 17 4 4 0 2 1 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 21 16 328 230 98 91 14 17 30 29

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