1962 VFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 21 April 1962 between Melbourne and Richmond during round one of the 1962 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 Des Rowe.

Melbourne (11.13.79) defeated Richmond (6.15.51).

Match Details

Season: 1962 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 21 April 1962
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 41,634

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 11.13.79 - 6.15.51

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 5 5 . 7 10 . 8 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Richmond 0 . 1 5 . 4 6 . 8 6 . 15 6 . 15 (51)
Margin MELB by 28 MELB by 3 MELB by 24 MELB by 28 MELB by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Richmond

Captain: Ron Branton
Coach: Des Rowe

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 2 ?
5 Crompton, Neil ? ? 0 ?
17 Dawson, Ray ? ? 3 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 1 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
21 Leahy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 1 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 0 ?
34 Mann, Len ? ? 0 ?
37 Massey, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 3 ?
38 Nilsson, Ray ? ? 0 ?
18 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 1 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 13

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Branton, Ron (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Crowe, Neville ? ? 2 ?
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 0 ?
10 Gahan, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
19 Grimmond, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
20 Hayden, Ian ? ? 3 ?
21 Hillis, Wally ? ? 0 ?
16 Jacobs, Graham ? ? 0 ?
28 Langridge, Ted ? ? 0 ?
18 Loughran, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McMillan, Brian ? ? 0 ?
32 Moloney, Basil ? ? 0 ?
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
27 Smith, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
15 Swift, Fred ? ? 0 ?
37 Thompson, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Williamson, Gary ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 15

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