1968 VFL Season Round 20: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 31 August 1968 between Richmond and Melbourne during round twenty of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at the MCG. Roger Dean captained the hosts. Hassa Mann captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by John Beckwith.

Richmond (18.21.129) defeated Melbourne (12.8.80).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 31 August 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 34,546

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Melbourne
Score: 18.21.129 - 12.8.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 5 . 3 9 . 6 15 . 15 18 . 21 18 . 21 (129)
Melbourne 2 . 2 5 . 3 6 . 5 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Margin RICH by 19 RICH by 27 RICH by 64 RICH by 49 RICH by 49
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Roger Dean
Coach: Tom Hafey

Melbourne

Captain: Hassa Mann
Coach: John Beckwith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 3 6 32 30 2 5 0 2 1
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 1 0 24 20 4 5 0 3 3
11 Bowden, Michael ? ? 0 1 24 15 9 2 0 0 4
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 5 1 23 16 7 5 0 2 3
27 Burgin, Graham ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 0 3
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 1 2 30 27 3 5 0 4 0
3 Dean, Roger (c) ? ? 1 0 23 16 7 6 0 1 1
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 5 0 1 0
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 1 3 6 6 0 4 0 1 0
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 1 2 16 11 5 5 0 1 4
39 Jewell, Tony ? ? 1 0 23 15 8 7 0 2 2
20 McInnes, George ? ? 2 2 10 9 1 4 17 3 0
48 McKenzie, Des ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 3 0 2 1
14 Murphy, Ted ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 5 0 2 1
9 Northey, John ? ? 2 3 18 9 9 1 0 2 1
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 6 37 3 3
50 Peardon, Derek ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 1
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 5 0 1 1
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 5 0 0 1
28 Strang, Geoff ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 21 330 254 76 81 54 30 30

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
49 Aubrey, Graeme ? ? 2 2 19 17 2 2 0 2 1
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 3 0 17 16 1 3 0 2 1
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 0 1 3
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 0 22 22 0 9 0 4 3
2 Dowsing, Rob ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 3 0 0 0
28 Feldmann, Derek ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 8 0 2 2
31 Groom, Ray ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 4 3 1 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 1 1 6 6 0 2 1 1 1
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 6 0 0 1
34 Jones, Brent ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 4 13 0 1
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 4 0 2 1
39 Lakes, George ? ? 1 1 22 20 2 6 0 6 1
21 Lees, Ted ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 1 5 3 4
29 Mann, Hassa (c) ? ? 0 1 20 15 5 5 0 2 1
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 0 2
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 9 0 0 1
23 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 0 1
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 0 0 3 3
1 Walker, Max ? ? 2 0 13 12 1 7 13 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 8 263 229 34 80 35 30 30

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