1962 VFL Season Round 12: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 14 July 1962 between Richmond and Melbourne during round twelve of the 1962 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Neville Crowe captained the hosts. Laurie Mithen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Des Rowe and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Richmond (10.9.69) were defeated by Melbourne (12.12.84).

Match Details

Season: 1962 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 14 July 1962
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 21,174

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Melbourne
Score: 10.9.69 - 12.12.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 1 5 . 2 10 . 6 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Melbourne 4 . 1 8 . 6 10 . 9 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Margin level MELB by 22 MELB by 3 MELB by 15 MELB by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Neville Crowe
Coach: Des Rowe

Melbourne

Captain: Laurie Mithen
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hodgson

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Crowe, Neville (c) ? ? 2 ?
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 0 ?
10 Gahan, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
19 Grimmond, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
20 Hayden, Ian ? ? 2 ?
34 Hickman, Robert ? ? 0 ?
22 Johnson, Ron ? ? 0 ?
28 Langridge, Ted ? ? 4 ?
8 Lockhart, Bob ? ? 0 ?
18 Loughran, Peter ? ? 0 ?
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 0 ?
12 Richardson, Alan ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
38 Serich, Ron ? ? 2 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
15 Swift, Fred ? ? 0 ?
37 Thompson, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Williamson, Gary ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 9

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 1 ?
5 Crompton, Neil ? ? 0 ?
17 Dawson, Ray ? ? 0 ?
10 Emselle, Ken ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 3 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
21 Leahy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 2 ?
34 Mann, Len ? ? 0 ?
37 Massey, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
39 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
33 Miller, Robert ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie (c) ? ? 3 ?
18 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
16 Townsend, John ? ? 2 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 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