1959 VFL Season Round 1: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 18 April 1959 between Richmond and Melbourne during round one of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Roy Wright captained the hosts. John Beckwith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alan McDonald and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Richmond (10.10.70) were defeated by Melbourne (16.21.117).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 18 April 1959
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 25,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Melbourne
Score: 10.10.70 - 16.21.117

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 4 3 . 5 10 . 9 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Melbourne 3 . 2 8 . 8 10 . 11 16 . 21 16 . 21 (117)
Margin MELB by 4 MELB by 33 MELB by 2 MELB by 47 MELB by 47
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Roy Wright
Coach: Alan McDonald

Melbourne

Captain: John Beckwith
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Schwab

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
32 Allsopp, Ray ? ? 0 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
24 Clements, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Crowe, Neville ? ? 0 ?
4 Cuzens, Dave ? ? 0 ?
38 D'Arcy, John ? ? 1 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 2 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 0 ?
27 Gardner, Ian ? ? 0 ?
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
16 Jacobs, Graham ? ? 1 ?
28 Langridge, Ted ? ? 1 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 2 ?
13 Morris, Peter ? ? 2 ?
8 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
12 Richardson, Alan ? ? 0 ?
31 Rowe, Larry ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
15 Swift, Fred ? ? 1 ?
2 Wright, Roy (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 10

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 3 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 5 ?
30 Beckwith, John (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 3 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
27 Jones, Dennis ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 3 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 1 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 21

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