1963 VFL Season Round 17: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 31 August 1963 between Richmond and Melbourne during round seventeen of the 1963 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Neville Crowe captained the hosts. Ron Barassi captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Des Rowe and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Richmond (7.8.50) were defeated by Melbourne (14.13.97).

Match Details

Season: 1963 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 31 August 1963
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 17,780

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Melbourne
Score: 7.8.50 - 14.13.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 3 4 . 6 5 . 7 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Melbourne 4 . 6 10 . 7 13 . 12 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Margin MELB by 15 MELB by 37 MELB by 53 MELB by 47 MELB by 47
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Neville Crowe
Coach: Des Rowe

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Gaudion

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
28 Arnold, Gary ? ? 0 ?
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 0 ?
52 Brownhill, Bob ? ? 0 ?
30 Cameron, Barry ? ? 0 ?
5 Crowe, Neville (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 1 ?
10 Gahan, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
21 Garland, Tom ? ? 0 ?
19 Grimmond, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 4 ?
34 Hickman, Robert ? ? 0 ?
16 Jacobs, Graham ? ? 0 ?
11 Madigan, Owen ? ? 0 ?
17 McMillan, Brian ? ? 1 ?
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 0 ?
4 Richmond, John ? ? 0 ?
2 Robertson, John ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
15 Swift, Fred ? ? 1 ?
14 Warner, Ross ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 8

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 1 ?
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 2 ?
19 Carroll, Bob ? ? 1 ?
5 Crompton, Neil ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
10 Emselle, Ken ? ? 3 ?
15 Groom, Ray ? ? 0 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 2 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 1 ?
21 Leahy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 1 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 1 ?
34 Mann, Len ? ? 0 ?
37 Massey, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
38 Nilsson, Ray ? ? 0 ?
25 Rattray, Kerry ? ? 0 ?
28 Robbie, David ? ? 0 ?
18 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 ?
16 Townsend, John ? ? 2 ?
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 13

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