1968 VFL Season Round 9: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 15 June 1968 between Melbourne and Richmond during round nine of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Hassa Mann captained the hosts. Roger Dean captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Beckwith and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Melbourne (9.9.63) were defeated by Richmond (17.17.119).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 15 June 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 39,609

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 9.9.63 - 17.17.119

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 2 4 . 4 6 . 8 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Richmond 4 . 6 10 . 12 12 . 13 17 . 17 17 . 17 (119)
Margin RICH by 22 RICH by 44 RICH by 41 RICH by 56 RICH by 56
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Hassa Mann
Coach: John Beckwith

Richmond

Captain: Roger Dean
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 1 2 22 14 8 8 0 0 2
11 Anderson, Tony ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 1 1
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 1 0 1 2
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 2 0
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 7 0 3 2
2 Dowsing, Rob ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Feldmann, Derek ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 4 0 0 0
12 Fowler, Chris ? ? 1 1 10 9 1 4 9 3 2
31 Groom, Ray ? ? 0 0 23 22 1 6 0 1 2
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 1 2 18 16 2 5 2 3 0
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 3 0 1 2
34 Jones, Brent ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 5 6 1 1
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 6 0 3 1
29 Mann, Hassa (c) ? ? 2 0 23 20 3 10 0 0 3
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 1 1 9 9 0 3 0 0 1
36 Osborne, Ken ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 4 0 1 0
23 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 0 0 1
37 Schwarz, Darryl ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 7 2 1
16 Townsend, John ? ? 1 1 23 19 4 8 0 2 1
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 5 0 2 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 9 304 260 44 91 24 26 22

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 0 2 25 23 2 4 0 1 1
45 Beale, Darryl ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 7 0 0 0
44 Bond, Graeme ? ? 2 5 18 18 0 5 0 1 0
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 2 0 1 5
11 Bowden, Michael ? ? 0 1 21 10 11 3 1 2 3
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 0 0 25 19 6 4 0 1 5
3 Dean, Roger (c) ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 1 1
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 2 3 0 0
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 1 3 8 6 2 2 25 1 4
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 4 1 20 17 3 6 0 3 0
43 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 12 0 0 1
39 Jewell, Tony ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 8 0 0 0
14 Murphy, Ted ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 1 0
9 Northey, John ? ? 8 3 26 22 4 5 0 4 0
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 0 25 2 3
22 Perry, Mike ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 5 0 1
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 5 1 1 0
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 1 0 22 17 5 1 0 1 0
28 Strang, Geoff ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 2 0 3 2
41 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 17 317 255 62 77 60 23 26

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