1966 VFL Season Round 3: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 7 May 1966 between Richmond and Melbourne during round three of the 1966 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 Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Richmond (18.15.123) defeated Melbourne (11.14.80).

Match Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 7 May 1966
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 32,608

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Melbourne
Score: 18.15.123 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 2 7 . 8 14 . 10 18 . 15 18 . 15 (123)
Melbourne 2 . 3 3 . 5 7 . 8 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Margin RICH by 11 RICH by 27 RICH by 44 RICH by 43 RICH by 43
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Neville Crowe
Coach: Tom Hafey

Melbourne

Captain: Hassa Mann
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 2 1 33 32 1 7 0 1 2
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 3 2 24 21 3 4 0 0 0
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
30 Cameron, Barry ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 4 1 2 2
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 1 3 17 16 1 5 0 2 2
5 Crowe, Neville (c) ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 1 37 0 3
19 Davenport, Don ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 0 0 1
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 2 4 30 19 11 5 0 3 2
38 Dickeson, Wilf ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 0 0
32 Dimattina, Frank ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 2 0 1 0
10 Gahan, Graeme ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 2 2
6 Gowers, Trevor ? ? 0 0 21 21 0 1 0 2 0
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 3 0 4 4 0 3 7 0 1
9 Northey, John ? ? 3 2 15 13 2 2 2 1 0
2 Ronaldson, John ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
26 Smith, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 2 2
28 Strang, Geoff ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 1 0 2 2
15 Swift, Fred ? ? 3 3 13 12 1 3 0 2 1
13 Walford, Bill ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0
14 Warner, Ross ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 2 1 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 18 15 291 237 54 51 49 23 22

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 2 0 3 1
11 Anderson, Tony ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 0 2
3 Bartlett, Maurie ? ? 3 5 13 13 0 6 0 2 3
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 1 2 8 8 0 2 0 2 1
46 Bowden, Adrian ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0
5 Crompton, Neil ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 0 0
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 1 1 11 11 0 1 0 1 2
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 1 24 20 4 7 0 3 3
31 Groom, Ray ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 4 0 0 1
44 Harrison, Les ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 16 1 0
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 0 31 28 3 3 0 0 3
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 2 1 12 9 3 2 1 1 0
19 Leahy, Terry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Mann, Hassa (c) ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 2 0 2 3
37 Massey, Bernie ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Smith, Peter ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 2 2 3 1
2 Stewart, Bob ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 1
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 3 1 14 14 0 3 0 0 1
26 Vearing, Frank ? ? 1 1 13 12 1 5 1 2 1
35 Williams, Don ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 5 0 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 14 241 219 22 51 20 22 23

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