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KEY FACTS

Official name
Richmond Football Club

Known as
Richmond

Nickname
Tigers

Formed
1885

Colours
Black and yellow

Associated clubs
Richmond Reserves; Richmond WFC (VFLW); Richmond WFC

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1908–2023

Affiliation (Historical)
Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1885–1907

Home Ground
M.C.G.

Training Ground
Punt Road

AFL Premierships
2017, 2019-20 (3 total)

VFL Premierships
1920-21, 1932, 1934, 1943, 1967, 1969, 1973-74, 1980 (10 total)

VFA Premierships
1902, 1905 (2 total)

Senior Premierships
Championship of Australia - 1969, 1973-4 (3 total); VFL/AFL Night Series - 1962 (1 total); McClelland Trophy: 1967, 1972-3-4-5, 1977, 1982, 2018 (8 total)

Most Games
403 - Kevin Bartlett (1965-1983)

Most Goals
970 - Jack Titus (1926-1943)

League Top Goalkickers
G.Bayliss (63) 1920; J.Titus (100) 1940; R.Harris (63) 1943; M.Roach (112) 1980 & (86) 1981; J.Riewoldt (78) 2010, (65) 2012, (65) 2018 (5 winners / 8 wins)

Brownlow Medalists
Stan Judkins 1930; Bill Morris 1948; Roy Wright 1952 & 1954; Ian Stewart 1971; Trent Cotchin 2012; Dustin Martin 2017 (6 medallists/7 medals)

Headquarters
Swinburne Centre at Punt Road Oval, Richmond, VIC 3121

Postal Address
PO Box 48, Richmond VIC 3121

Phone: (03) 9426 4400 

Email
info@richmondfc.com.au

Website
richmondfc.com.au

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"If I hadn't played it tough I might just as well have stepped out of the game. Any slackening off in my game would have registered as a sign that I was getting scared or slowing up and I would have come in for much more severe treatment than I was receiving. And don't worry, I've hobbled from the field with my boots filled with blood, black and blue from bruises and stop marks gouging flesh from my shoulders to my ankles. I've been punched and kicked and had teeth knocked out and been carried unconscious from the grounds, but to me it was one of the hazards of the game and I've loved it all."

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1978 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Richmond's 1978 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Richmond 5.712.1118.1325.24 174 WON Carlton 3.37.711.1114.13 97 77 MCG Apr 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 A Richmond 3.36.69.614.9 93 LOST North Melbourne 5.211.519.1025.16 166 -73 ARD Apr 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 H Richmond 4.108.1114.1316.14 110 DRAW St. Kilda 2.37.911.1615.20 110 0 MCG Apr 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 A Richmond 2.17.59.615.8 98 LOST Geelong 3.55.1112.1418.17 125 -27 KAR Apr 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 H Richmond 3.37.414.919.16 130 WON Melbourne 5.26.86.108.11 59 71 MCG Apr 25 (Tue, 2:10) Scores
6 A Richmond 8.412.718.1119.15 129 LOST Essendon 6.211.613.1222.18 150 -21 WIN May 6 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 H Richmond 6.37.811.1114.14 98 LOST South Melbourne 6.213.416.819.11 125 -27 MCG May 13 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 H Richmond 1.42.85.119.16 70 LOST Hawthorn 2.66.911.1314.15 99 -29 VFL May 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 A Richmond 1.25.79.1210.16 76 LOST Collingwood 4.25.117.1412.20 92 -16 VIC May 27 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 H Richmond 6.79.1211.1312.14 86 WON Fitzroy 1.13.68.1211.14 80 6 MCG Jun 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 H Richmond 3.310.913.1223.17 155 WON Footscray 3.35.813.1014.13 97 58 MCG Jun 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 A Richmond 2.05.57.1013.16 94 LOST Carlton 8.914.917.1320.17 137 -43 PRI Jun 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 H Richmond 3.310.1017.1221.16 142 WON North Melbourne 3.76.1012.1117.15 117 25 MCG Jul 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 H Richmond 3.511.1516.1517.20 122 WON Geelong 5.311.415.818.9 117 5 MCG Jul 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 A Richmond 10.512.616.819.11 125 WON St. Kilda 1.15.46.810.11 71 54 MOO Jul 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 A Richmond 2.64.1213.1417.19 121 WON Melbourne 6.18.210.614.9 93 28 MCG Jul 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 H Richmond 7.411.916.920.16 136 WON Essendon 4.59.812.1013.18 96 40 MCG Jul 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 A Richmond 3.65.98.149.16 70 LOST South Melbourne 4.19.310.714.9 93 -23 VFL Aug 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 A Richmond 3.65.69.1010.10 70 LOST Hawthorn 4.38.912.1218.19 127 -57 PRI Aug 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 H Richmond 7.112.514.1016.13 109 LOST Collingwood 1.15.111.519.9 123 -14 MCG Aug 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 A Richmond 10.410.514.1117.15 117 LOST Fitzroy 3.110.613.1020.14 134 -17 JUN Aug 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
22 A Richmond 4.47.713.1319.20 134 WON Footscray 4.36.97.1311.15 81 53 VFL Sep 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
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1978 Player Stats

# Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
21 Balme, Neil 18 119 6.6 115 6.4 234 13.0 51 2.8 175 10.3     36 56 13 0.7 6 84
29 Bartlett, Kevin 22 474 21.5 70 3.2 544 24.7 83 3.8 1 0.0     49 50 44 2.0 40 304
49 Berry, Jeff 2 14 7.0 5 2.5 19 9.5 5 2.5 0 0.0     4 1 0 0.0 2 2
51 Borchard, Ian 2 14 7.0 14 7.0 28 14.0 2 1.0 0 0.0     4 4 0 0.0 1 1
38 Bottams, Phillip 4 38 9.5 11 2.8 49 12.3 4 1.0 0 0.0     6 3 0 0.0 0 0
30 Bourke, Francis 19 214 11.3 100 5.3 314 16.5 67 3.5 3 0.2     45 31 8 0.4 6 54
33 Cloke, David 19 207 10.9 89 4.7 296 15.6 125 6.6 99 5.2     38 62 48 2.5 30 318
18 Davidson, Garry 10 84 8.4 52 5.2 136 13.6 36 3.6 1 0.1     9 21 9 0.9 6 60
9 Dickson, Glenn 7 65 9.3 19 2.7 84 12.0 20 2.9 2 0.3     13 10 9 1.3 12 66
5 Dunne, Emmett 4 21 5.3 8 2.0 29 7.3 13 3.3 19 4.8     6 10 4 1.0 5 29
17 Edwards, Allan 6 67 11.2 20 3.3 87 14.5 23 3.8 0 0.0     13 15 15 2.5 8 98
1 Einsiedel, John 11 90 8.2 51 4.6 141 12.8 27 2.5 2 0.2     20 19 1 0.1 3 9
3 Feltham, Paul 7 75 10.7 18 2.6 93 13.3 12 1.7 0 0.0     8 6 8 1.1 2 50
44 Freame, Daryl 6 60 10.0 30 5.0 90 15.0 7 1.2 1 0.2     12 7 3 0.5 2 20
28 Grinter, Barry 6 28 4.7 22 3.7 50 8.3 13 2.2 1 0.2     13 7 0 0.0 0 0
15 Heard, Bob 2 9 4.5 6 3.0 15 7.5 6 3.0 10 5.0     3 3 2 1.0 1 13
23 Hummel, Jon 2 20 10.0 8 4.0 28 14.0 8 4.0 0 0.0     2 6 1 0.5 1 7
37 Jenkinson, Noel 17 93 5.5 36 2.1 129 7.6 24 1.4 0 0.0     29 16 0 0.0 0 0
20 Jess, Jim 19 150 7.9 62 3.3 212 11.2 66 3.5 31 1.7     31 35 20 1.1 17 137
18 Keane, Merv 20 182 9.1 100 5.0 282 14.1 52 2.6 1 0.1     45 41 6 0.3 6 42
22 Lamb, Robert 3 21 7.0 5 1.7 26 8.7 4 1.3 0 0.0     3 9 6 2.0 1 37
25 Laughlin, Peter 17 140 8.2 38 2.2 178 10.5 46 2.7 0 0.0     26 34 36 2.1 17 233
41 Lee, Mark 14 85 6.1 80 5.7 165 11.8 58 4.1 280 20.0     22 42 1 0.1 0 6
25 Leech, Eric 12 47 3.9 24 2.0 71 5.9 21 1.8 0 0.0     16 15 0 0.0 1 1
7 Malthouse, Mick 20 244 12.2 94 4.7 338 16.9 49 2.5 0 0.0     48 53 1 0.1 2 8
12 McGhie, Robert 3 18 6.0 14 4.7 32 10.7 8 2.7 0 0.0     4 6 0 0.0 0 0
42 McMillan, Geoff 3 24 8.0 12 4.0 36 12.0 10 3.3 0 0.0     3 6 5 1.7 7 37
11 Monteath, Bruce 22 336 15.3 105 4.8 441 20.0 96 4.4 5 0.2     60 49 55 2.5 44 374
13 Naylor, Greg 5 51 10.2 23 4.6 74 14.8 13 2.6 0 0.0     5 7 1 0.2 3 9
32 Parkes, Gary 3 25 8.3 10 3.3 35 11.7 5 1.7 0 0.0     7 7 2 0.7 0 12
4 Raines, Geoff 22 377 17.1 141 6.4 518 23.5 82 3.7 1 0.0     58 50 7 0.3 18 60
8 Roach, Michael 3 17 5.7 10 3.3 27 9.0 8 2.7 1 0.5     0 5 2 0.7 2 14
56 Roach, Stephen 2 7 3.5 9 4.5 16 8.0 4 2.0 0 0.0     3 3 0 0.0 0 0
36 Scrimshaw, Ian 12 162 13.5 40 3.3 202 16.8 31 2.6 3 0.3     20 27 9 0.8 6 60
10 Sheedy, Kevin 20 212 10.6 129 6.5 341 17.1 44 2.2 2 0.1     62 35 3 0.2 1 19
27 Stonehouse, Ken 3 14 4.7 7 2.3 21 7.0 5 1.7 0 0.0     6 4 0 0.0 1 1
19 Strachan, Greg 18 156 8.7 74 4.1 230 12.8 51 2.8 3 0.2     31 32 0 0.0 2 2
14 Tempany, Bruce 20 179 9.0 136 6.8 315 15.8 44 2.2 5 0.3     41 49 0 0.0 4 4
31 Walsh, Wayne 6 87 14.5 23 3.8 110 18.3 13 2.2 0 0.0     6 3 5 0.8 3 33
53 Waterson, Colin 2 8 4.0 6 3.0 14 7.0 4 2.0 8 4.0     2 1 1 0.5 4 10
43 Weightman, Dale 18 186 10.3 141 7.8 327 18.2 37 2.1 0 0.0     54 35 24 1.3 20 164
16 Wood, Bryan 9 100 11.1 53 5.9 153 17.0 41 4.6 1 0.1     20 18 5 0.6 5 35
Totals 440 4520 10.3 2010 4.6 6530 14.8 1318 3.0 655 1.5     883 893 354 0.8 289 2413
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.