You have to go back 73 years for the last time a Richmond player had more scoring shots than star key forward Jack Riewoldt did with his total of 10.6 in yesterday’s 74-point win against Gold Coast at Metricon Stadium.
Sel Murray, a left-foot, full-forward, recruited from North Melbourne, kicked 10.7 for the Tigers in Round 7 of the 1945 season against Carlton at Princes Park.
Doug Strang had 16 shots the day he booted a Richmond record 14 goals (14.2) against North Melbourne at Punt Road in Round 2 of the 1931 season.
The all-time scoring shots’ record for the Tigers is 18 (12.6) by Jack Baggott in Round 9, 1928 v South Melbourne at Punt Road.
Riewoldt, with his third-ever AFL 10-goal haul yesterday, has now joined the great Jack Titus in equal second place on Richmond’s list of players to kick 10 goals or more in a match.
Michael Roach leads the way at Tigerland for double-figure goals, achieving the coveted goalkicking milestone on five occasions.
Here is the full list of Richmond players, in chronological order, that have kicked 10 goals or more in a match . . .
1928 – Jack Baggott, 12.6 v South Melbourne, Round 9, Punt Road.
1931 – Doug Strang, 14.2 v North Melbourne, Round 2, Punt Road.
1933 – Doug Strang, 10.1 v North Melbourne, Round 13, Arden Street.
1936 – Jack Titus, 10.3 v Footscray, Round 10, Western Oval.
1941 – Jack Titus, 10 (behinds tally unavailable) v Hawthorn, Round 6, Punt Road.
1942 – Jack Titus, 10.5 v Collingwood, Round 3, Punt Road.
1944 – Dick Harris, 10 (behinds tally unavailable) v Essendon, Round 3, Windy Hill.
1945 – Sel Murray, 10.7 v Carlton, Round 7, Princes Park.
1979 – Michael Roach, 10.2 v St Kilda, Round 18, Waverley Park.
1980 – Michael Roach, 11.2 v Footscray, Round 7, Western Oval.
1980 – Michael Roach, 10.4 v St Kilda, Round 16, 1980, SCG.
1980 – Michael Roach, 10.0 v Footscray, Round 18, 1980, Waverley Park.
1982 – Brian Taylor,10.3 v Fitzroy, Round 12, 1982, MCG.
1985 – Michael Roach, 11.1 v Hawthorn, Round 5, 1985, Princes Park.
1991 – Jeff Hogg, 10.1 v Collingwood, Round 8, 1991, MCG.
2004 – Matthew Richardson, 10.3 v Western Bulldogs, Round 8, 2004, MCG.
2010 – Jack Riewoldt, 10.3 v West Coast, Round 12, MCG.
2014 – Jack Riewoldt, 11.2 v GWS, Round 10, Spotless Stadium.
2018 – Jack Riewoldt, 10.6 v Gold Coast, Round 21, Metricon Stadium.
Riewoldt and West Coast’s Josh Kennedy are the only current-day AFL players to have kicked 10 goals or more in a match three times.
Lance Franklin has cracked double-figure goals on two occasions (once at Hawthorn and once for Sydney), while the Eagles’ Mark LeCras and Adelaide’s Tom Lynch have both done it once.
