Following the announcement that Richmond will temporarily move to Waverley Park later this year as part of the next phase of the Punt Road Oval redevelopment, Tony Greenberg takes a look at the Tigers’ playing record at the ground.

Waverley Park was a home away from home for Richmond early on.

The Tigers won 15 and drew one of their first 18 games at the venue from 1970 until the end of the 1974 season.

They later had an 11-game winning streak there from Round 4, 1981 to Round 6, 1983.

But Richmond also endured some lengthy losing sequences at the ground, with the longest being 13 in-a-row from Round 10, 1989 to Round 7, 1992.

And the Tigers also lost their last six games at Waverley Park, culminating in a 41-point defeat at the hands of St Kilda in Round 14 of the 1999 season.

All-up, Richmond played 106 games there, winning 55, losing 49 and drawing two.

One of those draws was in the Tigers’ first final at the venue – the 1972 second semi-final against Carlton.

They played a total of 10 finals there, winning six, losing three, with that one draw.

Here are some other key Richmond statistics from its three-decade playing record at Waverley Park.

Highest score – 29.21 (195) v Fitzroy 9.12 (66), Round 13, 1974.

Lowest score – 4.10 (34) v Hawthorn 10.10 (70), Round 18, 1998.

Biggest win – 129 points v Fitzroy, Round 13, 1974.

Biggest loss – 89 points v Geelong, 1995 preliminary final, 6.4 (40) to 20.9 (129).

Most individual goals in a match – 10 by Michael Roach v St Kilda, Round 18, 1979 and 10 by Michael Roach v Footscray, Round 18, 1980.

Most overall goals by an individual player at the ground – 143 by Kevin Bartlett (in 55 games, including 14 in two finals during the Tigers’ 1980 September campaign – six v Carlton, qualifying final and eight v Geelong, second semi-final).

Here are the match details of Richmond’s inaugural game at Waverley Park in Round 6 of the 1970 season against Hawthorn, with the Tigers winning an exciting, extremely high-scoring contest by seven points...

Richmond         7.0       10.7     16.10    21.11 (137)
Hawthorn         4.0       10.4     17.5     20.10 (130)

Goals – Richmond: Hart 6, Hunt 4, Moore 4, Ronaldson 2, Northey 2, Morrison, Jewell, Brown.
Leading possession-winners – Richmond: Bartlett 25, Hart 21, Brown 20, Peardon 20, Bond 19, Bourke 19, Northey 19.
Best – Richmond: Hart, Peardon, Moore, Northey, Hunt, Bourke.

Goals – Hawthorn: Hudson 8, Crimmins 5, Smith 2, Keddie 2, Knights 2, Porter.
Leading possession-winners – Hawthorn: Crimmins 29, Keddie 28, Wilson 20, Angus 19, Meagher 19, Parkin 19, Porter 19.
Best – Hawthorn: Crimmins, Hudson, Keddie, Wilson, Beck, Smith.

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