1960 VFL Season Round 6: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 28 May 1960 between Melbourne and Richmond during round six of the 1960 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Ron Barassi captained the hosts. Ron Branton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Alan McDonald.

Melbourne (17.22.124) defeated Richmond (4.8.32).

Match Details

Season: 1960 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 28 May 1960
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 27,249

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 17.22.124 - 4.8.32

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 4 7 . 10 11 . 17 17 . 22 17 . 22 (124)
Richmond 1 . 4 1 . 5 1 . 6 4 . 8 4 . 8 (32)
Margin MELB by 6 MELB by 41 MELB by 71 MELB by 92 MELB by 92
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Richmond

Captain: Ron Branton
Coach: Alan McDonald

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Brewer

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 1 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
12 Crompton, Neil ? ? 3 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 1 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 4 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
27 Jones, Dennis ? ? 0 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 2 ?
37 Massey, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
32 Milner, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 4 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 1 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 22

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Branton, Ron (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Cameron, Barry ? ? 0 ?
4 Cuzens, Dave ? ? 0 ?
10 Gahan, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
19 Grimmond, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
7 Hayes, Alan ? ? 0 ?
16 Jacobs, Graham ? ? 0 ?
28 Langridge, Ted ? ? 2 ?
41 Morrison, Brian ? ? 0 ?
22 Mundy, Fred ? ? 0 ?
6 O'Toole, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 0 ?
8 Ricci, Renato ? ? 0 ?
12 Richardson, Alan ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
42 Smith, Dennis ? ? 1 ?
15 Swift, Fred ? ? 0 ?
37 Thompson, John ? ? 0 ?
2 Wilkinson, Graeme ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 4 8

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