1965 VFL Round 12: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 17 July 1965 between Melbourne and Richmond during round 12 of the 1965 VFL season. Melbourne hosted Richmond at MCG. Bryan Kenneally captained the hosts. Neville Crowe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Jack Titus.

Melbourne
B. Kenneally (capt.), S. Alves, B. Bourke, H. Bromell, N. Crompton, F. Davis, B. Dixon, K. Emselle, G. Jacobs, T. Johnson, J. Leitch, J. Lord, P. McLean, R. Miller, K. Rattray, J. Townsend, B. Vagg, F. Vearing, D. Williams, G. Wise

Richmond
N. Crowe (capt.), K. Bartlett, B. Brown, N. Busse, B. Cameron, D. Davenport, R. Dean, W. Dickeson, F. Dimattina, M. Erwin, T. Gowers, P. Guinane, T. Jewell, J. Northey, M. Patterson, A. Richardson, J. Sheahan, K. Smith, F. Swift, R. Warner

Melbourne (9.6.60) were defeated by Richmond (9.12.66).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Vagg (3), J. Lord (2), J. Townsend (2), J. Leitch, F. Vearing
Richmond: M. Erwin (2), J. Northey (2), B. Brown, D. Davenport, R. Dean, F. Dimattina, J. Sheahan

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 3rd on the ladder (down from 2nd) and Richmond remained 7th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1965 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 17 July 1965
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 36,839

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 9.6.60 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 2 5 . 2 5 . 4 9 . 6 9 . 6 (60)
Richmond 3 . 6 4 . 8 7 . 11 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin RICH by 10 level RICH by 19 RICH by 6 RICH by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Norm Smith (Melbourne), Jack Titus (Richmond)
Captains: Bryan Kenneally (Melbourne), Neville Crowe (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 1 0
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 0 1 3
12 Bromell, Hugh ? ? 0 1 7 7 0 1 3 2
5 Crompton, Neil ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 5 1 0
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 5 3
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 4 3 2
10 Emselle, Ken ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 2 4 5
20 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 0 1 20 17 3 3 3 4
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 3 0
22 Kenneally, Bryan (c) ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 6 0 1
38 Leitch, Jim ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 0 1 1
4 Lord, John ? ? 2 1 5 4 1 3 0 3
36 McLean, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 1 1
33 Miller, Robert ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 4 1
25 Rattray, Kerry ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
16 Townsend, John ? ? 2 0 23 20 3 7 1 3
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 3 0 18 17 1 1 5 2
26 Vearing, Frank ? ? 1 0 8 8 0 1 0 3
35 Williams, Don ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 3 3 2
23 Wise, Graham ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 6 229 212 17 50 41 38

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 0 2 18 16 2 4 1 2
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 1 0 19 18 1 2 5 2
16 Busse, Neil ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 2 1
30 Cameron, Barry ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 1 2 2
5 Crowe, Neville (c) ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 3 2
19 Davenport, Don ? ? 1 0 27 26 1 4 4 0
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 2 1 5
38 Dickeson, Wilf ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 4 1
32 Dimattina, Frank ? ? 1 2 26 24 2 7 1 3
21 Erwin, Mick ? ? 2 0 5 4 1 2 0 4
6 Gowers, Trevor ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 9 4 6
39 Jewell, Tony ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 1 3
9 Northey, John ? ? 2 2 16 13 3 1 1 2
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 0 2 3
12 Richardson, Alan ? ? 0 1 23 13 10 7 0 1
4 Sheahan, John ? ? 1 2 16 15 1 2 0 1
26 Smith, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 3 2
15 Swift, Fred ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 4 3 1
14 Warner, Ross ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 9 12 286 241 45 55 37 41

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