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Richmond vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 29-Jul-1978
Final Round 17
Richmond logo
Richmond Coach: Barry Richardson
136 20.16
96 13.18
Essendon Coach: Barry Davis
Essendon logo
M.C.G. Richmond by 40 RIC by 40
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Richmond

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

29 Kevin Bartlett — · Position unavailable 4 Geoff Raines — · Position unavailable 7 Mick Malthouse — · Position unavailable 32 Gary Parkes — · Position unavailable 18 Garry Davidson — · Position unavailable 20 Jim Jess — · Position unavailable 11 Bruce Monteath — · Position unavailable 33 David Cloke — · Position unavailable 43 Dale Weightman — · Position unavailable 36 Ian Scrimshaw — · Position unavailable 14 Bruce Tempany — · Position unavailable 10 Kevin Sheedy — · Position unavailable 41 Mark Lee — · Position unavailable 18 Merv Keane — · Position unavailable 35 Peter Laughlin — · Position unavailable 30 Francis Bourke — · Position unavailable 19 Greg Strachan — · Position unavailable 1 John Einsiedel — · Position unavailable 37 Noel Jenkinson — · Position unavailable 25 Eric Leech — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

24 Stephen Robins — · Position unavailable 1 Brian Walsh — · Position unavailable 37 Ian Marsh — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 20 Terry Cahill — · Position unavailable 18 Paul Vander Haar — · Position unavailable 29 Allan Davis — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 15 Wayne Primmer — · Position unavailable 36 Denis Scanlon — · Position unavailable 31 Max Crow — · Position unavailable 32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 7 Geoff Burdett — · Position unavailable 30 Neil Besanko — · Position unavailable 16 Steven Taubert — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 19 Robin Close — · Position unavailable 33 Glenn Hawker — · Position unavailable 42 Russell Muir — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
RIC7.44.55.04.7136
ESS4.55.33.21.896

Match Leaders

Goals
4
3 tied leaders
Kevin BartlettRIC
Behinds
6
Jim JessRIC
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
Not available yet

Team Stats

RICESS

Scoring / Attack

20Goals13
14Behinds15
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

319Disposals302
219Kicks227
100Handballs75

Clearance / Contest

27Hitouts24

Other

65Marks98

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Richmond beat Essendon by 40 points, 136–96.

Richmond extended a 23-point three-quarter-time lead with a 31–14 final term.

This match record does not include scoring sequence.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Quarter comparisons are included only when all four quarters add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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