1963 VFL Season Round 6: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 1963 between Melbourne and Richmond during round six of the 1963 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Ron Barassi captained the hosts. Neville Crowe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Des Rowe.

Melbourne (20.15.135) defeated Richmond (7.14.56).

Match Details

Season: 1963 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 25 May 1963
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 33,914

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 20.15.135 - 7.14.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 5 7 . 9 15 . 11 20 . 15 20 . 15 (135)
Richmond 1 . 6 3 . 10 4 . 12 7 . 14 7 . 14 (56)
Margin MELB by 11 MELB by 23 MELB by 65 MELB by 79 MELB by 79
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Richmond

Captain: Neville Crowe
Coach: Des Rowe

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Schwab

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 4 ?
11 Anderson, Tony ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 2 ?
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 3 ?
5 Crompton, Neil ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
10 Emselle, Ken ? ? 0 ?
15 Groom, Ray ? ? 1 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 1 ?
37 Massey, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
33 Miller, Robert ? ? 2 ?
38 Nilsson, Ray ? ? 0 ?
18 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 3 ?
26 Thiessen, Tony ? ? 0 ?
16 Townsend, John ? ? 2 ?
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 20 15

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
28 Arnold, Gary ? ? 0 ?
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 0 ?
13 Behan, Lance ? ? 0 ?
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 2 ?
30 Cameron, Barry ? ? 1 ?
5 Crowe, Neville (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 2 ?
10 Gahan, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
21 Garland, Tom ? ? 0 ?
19 Grimmond, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 1 ?
20 Hayden, Ian ? ? 1 ?
18 Loughran, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McMillan, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 Richardson, Alan ? ? 0 ?
2 Robertson, John ? ? 0 ?
38 Serich, Ron ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
15 Swift, Fred ? ? 0 ?
37 Thompson, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 14

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