1996 AFL Round 7: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 12 May 1996 between Richmond and Footscray during round 7 of the 1996 AFL season. Richmond hosted Footscray at MCG. Brendon Gale captained the hosts. Scott Wynd captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Robert Walls and the visitors were coached by Alan Joyce.

Richmond
B. Gale (capt.), C. Bond, D. Bourke, N. Bower, P. Broderick, W. Campbell, J. Charles, N. Daffy, R. Funcke, M. Gale, D. Gaspar, D. Kellaway, M. Merenda, C. Naish, A. Prescott, M. Richardson, M. Rogers, J. Tape, J. Torney, S. Turner, S. Wigney

Footscray
S. Wynd (capt.), L. Cameron, T. Campbell, J. Cook, S. Cox, T. Curley, L. Darcy, C. Ellis, C. Grant, D. Griffin, B. Johnson, S. Kretiuk, T. Liberatore, B. Nicholson, R. Osborne, P. Quill, J. Romero, R. Smith, S. Wallis, J. Watts, S. West

Richmond (17.11.113) defeated Footscray (9.8.62).

Goalkickers
Richmond: M. Merenda (5), C. Bond (3), M. Richardson (3), N. Daffy (2), N. Bower, B. Gale, C. Naish, A. Prescott
Footscray: T. Curley (3), J. Watts (3), L. Cameron, J. Cook, P. Quill

As a result of this match, Richmond were then 6th on the ladder (up from 8th) and Footscray remained 14th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Sunday 12 May 1996
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 25,691

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Footscray
Score: 17.11.113 - 9.8.62

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 3 4 . 6 12 . 8 17 . 11 17 . 11 (113)
Footscray 4 . 2 6 . 3 7 . 5 9 . 8 9 . 8 (62)
Margin FOOT by 11 FOOT by 9 RICH by 33 RICH by 51 RICH by 51
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Robert Walls (Richmond), Alan Joyce (Footscray)
Captains: Brendon Gale (Richmond), Scott Wynd (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. McKenzie (#24), M. Norden (#16), T. Pfeiffer (#26)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Mark Merenda RICH 8 3
Chris Bond RICH 35 2
Paul Broderick RICH 17 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
35 Bond, Chris ? ? 3 0 13 10 3 2 0 5 3 1
32 Bourke, David ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 0 0 1
22 Bower, Nathan ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0
17 Broderick, Paul ? ? 0 0 33 19 14 3 0 3 1 1
9 Campbell, Wayne ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 0 1 3
15 Charles, Justin ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 4 15 4 1 4
10 Daffy, Nick ? ? 2 0 19 17 2 2 0 2 2 1
27 Funcke, Ross ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0
25 Gale, Brendon (c) ? ? 1 2 11 8 3 4 0 3 2 4
1 Gale, Michael ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 4 0 2 1 1
2 Gaspar, Darren ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 0 0 1 2 1
3 Kellaway, Duncan ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 2 0 0
8 Merenda, Mark ? ? 5 0 21 17 4 2 0 2 4 2
6 Naish, Chris ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 0 0 4 1 2
7 Prescott, Ashley ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 2 0 3 1 5
12 Richardson, Matthew ? ? 3 1 11 9 2 5 0 0 1 4
4 Rogers, Matthew ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 4 0 2 1 1
5 Tape, Jamie ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 2 0 1
29 Torney, Jason ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 1
41 Turner, Scott ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 0 1 0
36 Wigney, Stuart ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 1 1 0
Rushed 5
Total (21 players) 17 11 281 196 85 46 15 37 23 33

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
18 Cameron, Leon ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 2 0 1 1 0
21 Campbell, Tony ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 1 0 1
12 Cook, James ? ? 1 2 8 6 2 4 0 1 1 0
26 Cox, Simon ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 1
11 Curley, Todd ? ? 3 0 10 9 1 1 0 1 3 2
14 Darcy, Luke ? ? 0 1 9 5 4 5 0 0 1 0
32 Ellis, Craig ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 1
3 Grant, Chris ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 6 0 0 0 0
29 Griffin, Daryl ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 1 2 2
6 Johnson, Brad ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 7 0 1 0 1
35 Kretiuk, Steven ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 0 0 2 3
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 0 0 6 0 1
9 Nicholson, Brad ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 0 1 1 2
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 1
22 Quill, Peter ? ? 1 1 34 25 9 5 0 1 3 2
36 Romero, Jose ? ? 0 1 19 12 7 1 0 0 4 0
5 Smith, Rohan ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 7 0 3 1 0
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 2 0 1 6 1
25 Watts, Jason ? ? 3 1 5 5 0 3 0 0 1 1
7 West, Scott ? ? 0 0 29 17 12 1 0 0 3 1
15 Wynd, Scott (c) ? ? 0 0 18 6 12 1 18 3 4 3
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 9 8 280 199 81 62 18 21 33 23

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