1989 VFL Season Round 17: Richmond v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 28 July 1989 between Richmond and Fitzroy during round seventeen of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Dale Weightman captained the hosts. Paul Roos captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Bartlett and the visitors were coached by Rod Austin.

Richmond (6.15.51) were defeated by Fitzroy (18.15.123).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Richmond v Fitzroy
Date: Friday 28 July 1989
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 15,045

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Fitzroy
Score: 6.15.51 - 18.15.123

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 3 3 . 5 5 . 10 6 . 15 6 . 15 (51)
Fitzroy 4 . 2 8 . 6 13 . 10 18 . 15 18 . 15 (123)
Margin FITZ by 11 FITZ by 31 FITZ by 48 FITZ by 72 FITZ by 72
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Dale Weightman
Coach: Kevin Bartlett

Fitzroy

Captain: Paul Roos
Coach: Rod Austin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Castle
B. Trezise

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Roos FITZ 1 3
Matthew Rendell FITZ 9 2
Michael Gale FITZ 7 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
31 Bower, Brendan ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 1 1 2
30 Free, Tony ? ? 1 3 32 27 5 4 0 0 6 1
52 Griffiths, Stuart ? ? 0 1 13 3 10 2 0 0 1 0
34 Hogg, Jeff ? ? 0 2 10 9 1 4 0 1 0 2
33 Knights, Matthew ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 2 0 0 0 1
38 Laffy, Michael ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 1 1 1 1
4 Lambert, Craig ? ? 0 2 18 11 7 2 0 3 2 0
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 1 0 13 6 7 2 6 1 0 4
26 Leys, Brian ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 1 0 3 3
36 Nixon, Richard ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 3 3 0 1 1
2 Pickering, Justin ? ? 1 0 15 7 8 2 0 0 1 2
35 Pickering, Michael ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 5 0 0 1 1
21 Powell, Tim ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 3 0 0 0 3
10 Pym, Chris ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
32 Ryan, Des ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 6 0 1 2 1
43 Summers, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 7 0 1 1 1
3 Weightman, Dale (c) ? ? 1 1 10 8 2 2 0 2 2 2
19 Wilson, Peter ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 2 0 1 0 3
53 Young, Barry ? ? 0 1 20 14 6 4 0 2 5 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 6 15 258 180 78 59 11 14 28 30

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
14 Armstrong, Matt ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 2 0 0 0 2
32 Baldwin, Jason ? ? 0 0 30 23 7 2 0 2 3 2
18 Blakey, John ? ? 1 1 19 12 7 3 0 4 2 2
41 Bourke, Peter ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 0 0 1 0 2
17 Broderick, Paul ? ? 1 0 12 5 7 1 0 3 1 0
40 Clayton, Scott ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 0 1 2 0
7 Gale, Michael ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 2 0 2 1 1
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 1 1 17 11 6 0 0 2 3 1
21 Kappler, Darren ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 5 0 2 1 2
11 Lynch, Alastair ? ? 3 2 14 11 3 5 0 0 1 0
16 Matera, Wally ? ? 1 3 24 10 14 3 0 1 1 1
22 McCormack, Brendan ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 3 1 3
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 7 2 19 16 3 6 0 0 1 1
3 Pert, Gary ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 3 1 0 2 1
9 Rendell, Matthew ? ? 0 1 23 15 8 4 13 1 4 2
1 Roos, Paul (c) ? ? 2 0 19 15 4 6 0 1 3 2
20 Rowe, Duane ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 0 1 1
33 Stephens, Brett ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 1 2 1
31 Strooper, David ? ? 2 1 17 12 5 4 2 0 0 3
8 Wynd, Jim ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 1 2 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 15 332 225 107 53 17 26 30 28

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