1965 VFL Season Round 1: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 1965 between Richmond and Melbourne during round one of the 1965 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at the MCG. Neville Crowe captained the hosts. Hassa Mann captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Len Smith and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Richmond (6.5.41) were defeated by Melbourne (7.5.47).

Match Details

Season: 1965 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Monday 19 April 1965
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 36,283

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Melbourne
Score: 6.5.41 - 7.5.47

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 2 3 . 4 6 . 4 6 . 5 6 . 5 (41)
Melbourne 1 . 0 6 . 2 6 . 3 7 . 5 7 . 5 (47)
Margin RICH by 14 MELB by 16 RICH by 1 MELB by 6 MELB by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Neville Crowe
Coach: Len Smith

Melbourne

Captain: Hassa Mann
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Fisher

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 3 0 18 18 0 4 2 1
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 1 1
5 Crowe, Neville (c) ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 2 1 1
19 Davenport, Don ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 2
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 0 0 27 23 4 4 4 0
34 Deery, Maurie ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 1 0
32 Dimattina, Frank ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 4 1 3
10 Gahan, Graeme ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 1 4 1
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
31 Hammond, Mike ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 1
23 Hogan, Peter ? ? 0 1 20 19 1 1 2 0
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Richardson, Alan ? ? 0 0 21 8 13 2 1 3
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 2 5 4 1 2 0 0
2 Robertson, John ? ? 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 0
4 Sheahan, John ? ? 1 1 8 8 0 3 0 0
26 Smith, Kevin ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 2 2
28 Strang, Geoff ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 1 3
15 Swift, Fred ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 6 2 0
14 Warner, Ross ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 2 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 6 5 212 174 38 43 23 18

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
11 Anderson, Tony ? ? 0 1 8 8 0 1 0 0
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 2 0 6 6 0 1 2 1
12 Bromell, Hugh ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 1 0
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 4 3 0
10 Emselle, Ken ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Groom, Ray ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 1 1 2
20 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 1 1 6 5 1 3 1 0
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 0
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 1 11 11 0 2 2 1
4 Lord, John ? ? 1 1 12 6 6 3 3 3
29 Mann, Hassa (c) ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 2 4 2
36 McLean, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 0 1 1
33 Miller, Robert ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 1 2
16 Townsend, John ? ? 1 0 12 12 0 2 0 2
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 2 0 14 12 2 4 3 1
17 Watson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 1 0
35 Williams, Don ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 5 0 1
23 Wise, Graham ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 7 5 192 172 20 39 24 16

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