Richmond Kicked 10.2 in the First Quarter in 1972 — and Won by Two Points. How Did a 43-Point Start Almost Disappear?
Richmond kicked 10.2 in the first quarter at the Western Oval in 1972. Kevin Bartlett kicked six of them. The Tigers led by 43 points.
Then Footscray won every remaining quarter. By the final siren, Richmond had survived by two points.
The member feature goes underneath the record: what the first-quarter avalanche actually proved, what Footscray’s three-quarter response changed, why scoring dominance and game control are not the same thing, and how almost every point of that early lead became necessary inventory.
Can one extraordinary quarter prove how good a side is — or only how high its ceiling can reach for thirty minutes?
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