1959 VFL Season Round 12: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 18 July 1959 between Melbourne and Richmond during round twelve of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. John Beckwith captained the hosts. Ron Branton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Alan McDonald.

Melbourne (13.10.88) defeated Richmond (7.9.51).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 18 July 1959
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 21,979

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 13.10.88 - 7.9.51

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 4 6 . 5 10 . 7 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
Richmond 2 . 1 4 . 3 6 . 3 7 . 9 7 . 9 (51)
Margin MELB by 9 MELB by 14 MELB by 28 MELB by 37 MELB by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: John Beckwith
Coach: Norm Smith

Richmond

Captain: Ron Branton
Coach: Alan McDonald

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Mance

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Beckwith, John (c) ? ? 0 ?
38 Brenchley, Peter ? ? 2 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
12 Crompton, Neil ? ? 1 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Fenton-Smith, Dick ? ? 3 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 1 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
27 Jones, Dennis ? ? 0 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 3 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 0 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 2 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 10

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
32 Allsopp, Ray ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Cameron, Barry ? ? 0 ?
41 Clarke, Doug ? ? 0 ?
5 Crowe, Neville ? ? 1 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 0 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 1 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 0 ?
10 Gahan, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
19 Grimmond, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
21 Holt, Colin ? ? 0 ?
28 Langridge, Ted ? ? 2 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 1 ?
13 Morris, Peter ? ? 2 ?
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 0 ?
34 Rees, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
20 Ward, Ken ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 9

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