Richmond vs Footscray Match Centre

Monday 25-Apr-1983
Final Round 5
Richmond Coach: Francis Bourke
114 17.12
116 18.8
Footscray Coach: Ian Hampshire
M.C.G. Footscray by 2

Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
RIC0.38.55.34.1114
FTS10.32.04.22.3116

Match Leaders

Goals
7
Jim EdmondFTS
Behinds
4
Brian TaylorRIC
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
Not available yet

Team Stats

RICFTS

Scoring / Attack

17Goals18
12Behinds7
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

321Disposals287
194Kicks200
127Handballs87

Clearance / Contest

41Hitouts26

Other

63Marks58
37Frees For41
37Frees Against38

How the match finished

Footscray beat Richmond by 2 points, 116–114.

Footscray took a 12-point lead into the last quarter. Richmond cut that back to 2 by the final siren, scoring 25 points to 15 in the 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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