Richo needing only 4 more goals to get to 600 and 12 to pass Disco reminded me of this thread. Anyone changed their mind on the Richo vs Roach debate with Richo leading the Coleman medal at the moment?
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Richo set for 600 six-pointers
9:57:14 AM Thu 21 April, 2005
Rhett Bartlett
richmondfc.com.au
Matthew Richardson is on the verge of becoming just the fourth player in Richmond’s history to kick 600 goals for the Club.
‘Richo’, who has been in sparkling form during the opening rounds of the 2005 season, has kicked 596 goals in his 198 league games. Interestingly, he will achieve the 600-goal feat wearing the same guernsey number as the first man to reach the milestone at Tigerland – Jack Titus.
’Skinny’ Titus chalked up his 600th goal in Round 7 of the 1938 season against Fitzroy. It would be another 42 years before a Richmond player would join him, with Kevin Bartlett kicking his 600th goal in the Round 20, 1980 match against Melbourne.
Michael Roach was the last Richmond player to reach the 600-goal milestone, also against Fitzroy, in the Round 13 clash of 1989.
It would remiss to not mention a remarkable connection between these three men . . . Jack Titus coached Kevin Bartlett in 1965, during Len Smith's absence following a heart attack. Kevin Bartlett then coached Michael Roach in his last season as a Richmond player. Michael Roach's son, Thomas, is a member of the current Tigers playing list, and a teammate of Matthew Richardson.
For the record, Richo will narrowly miss a record-breaking feat – 600 goals in the least number of senior games at Richmond. If he kicks four goals against St Kilda at Telstra Dome this Sunday, in his 199th match, he will be placed third overall on this exclusive list.
Number of Games to 600th Goal:
194 – Jack Titus
195 – Michael Roach
199 – Matthew Richardson *
334 – Kevin Bartlett
Interestingly, Richardson will join Michael Roach as the only 600-plus goalkicker in the Tigers’ history not to win a Club Best and Fairest. He also will become the only member of that great goalkicking list not to have played in a premiership side.
The current list of all-time leading Tiger goalkickers is:
970 – Jack Titus
778 – Kevin Bartlett
607 – Michael Roach
596 – Matthew Richardson *
Rhett Bartlett
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