1960 VFL Season Round 17: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 20 August 1960 between Richmond and Melbourne during round seventeen of the 1960 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Ron Branton captained the hosts. Ron Barassi captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alan McDonald and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Richmond (9.14.68) defeated Melbourne (8.12.60).

Match Details

Season: 1960 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 20 August 1960
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Melbourne
Score: 9.14.68 - 8.12.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 5 3 . 5 8 . 13 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Melbourne 1 . 1 4 . 5 4 . 5 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Margin RICH by 16 MELB by 6 RICH by 32 RICH by 8 RICH by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Ron Branton
Coach: Alan McDonald

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Brophy

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
38 Anderson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Crowe, Neville ? ? 1 ?
4 Cuzens, Dave ? ? 0 ?
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 1 ?
32 Dummett, Bob ? ? 1 ?
19 Grimmond, Dick ? ? 1 ?
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
16 Jacobs, Graham ? ? 1 ?
28 Langridge, Ted ? ? 1 ?
18 Loughran, Peter ? ? 0 ?
13 Morris, Peter ? ? 2 ?
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 0 ?
12 Richardson, Alan ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
42 Smith, Dennis ? ? 0 ?
15 Swift, Fred ? ? 0 ?
37 Thompson, John ? ? 0 ?
2 Wilkinson, Graeme ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 14

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 1 ?
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 4 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
27 Jones, Dennis ? ? 0 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
21 Leahy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
38 Nilsson, Ray ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 0 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 3 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 12

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