1958 VFL Season Round 8: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 31 May 1958 between Melbourne and Richmond during round eight of the 1958 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. John Beckwith captained the hosts with Ron Barassi as vice-captain. Roy Wright captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Alan McDonald.

Melbourne (12.18.90) defeated Richmond (12.11.83).

Match Details

Season: 1958 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 31 May 1958
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 35,352

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 12.18.90 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 7 7 . 12 10 . 15 12 . 18 12 . 18 (90)
Richmond 0 . 2 2 . 4 9 . 5 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Margin MELB by 29 MELB by 38 MELB by 16 MELB by 7 MELB by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: John Beckwith
Vice-Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Richmond

Captain: Roy Wright
Coach: Alan McDonald

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Schwab

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 1 ?
31 Barassi, Ron (vc) ? ? 4 ?
30 Beckwith, John (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Fenton-Smith, Dick ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
27 Jones, Dennis ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 1 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 1 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 0 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 3 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 18

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
32 Allsopp, Ray ? ? 2 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 3 ?
9 Clifford, Bob ? ? 0 ?
5 Crowe, Neville ? ? 0 ?
4 Cuzens, Dave ? ? 0 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 0 ?
40 Evely, Bill ? ? 1 ?
18 Hafey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
39 Jenkins, John ? ? 2 ?
28 Langridge, Ted ? ? 2 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 0 ?
16 McGaw, Ray ? ? 0 ?
38 Morris, Peter ? ? 1 ?
37 Peake, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
15 Swift, Fred ? ? 0 ?
20 Ward, Ken ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy (c) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 11

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s