1969 VFL Season Round 6: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 10 May 1969 between Melbourne and Richmond during round six of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Tassie Johnson captained the hosts. Roger Dean captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Beckwith and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Melbourne (13.15.93) were defeated by Richmond (16.25.121).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 10 May 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 26,848

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 13.15.93 - 16.25.121

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 3 7 . 4 9 . 8 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Richmond 4 . 4 11 . 13 16 . 20 16 . 25 16 . 25 (121)
Margin RICH by 7 RICH by 33 RICH by 54 RICH by 28 RICH by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Tassie Johnson
Coach: John Beckwith

Richmond

Captain: Roger Dean
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Aitken, Chris ? ? 2 3 10 9 1 5 1 1 2
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 1 20 17 3 4 0 4 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 6 0 1 4
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 2 12 10 2 0 0 1 3
41 Campbell, Blair ? ? 2 3 11 8 3 2 0 1 0
2 Clark, Denis ? ? 1 1 17 16 1 6 0 1 1
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 7 0 2 3
28 Feldmann, Derek ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 3 4 2 1
43 Hayes, David ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 1
21 Hone, David ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 5 0 1 3
8 Johnson, Tassie (c) ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 0 1 5 1
34 Jones, Brent ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 10 2 0
9 Lakes, George ? ? 2 0 16 12 4 4 0 1 1
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 3 0 8 7 1 5 0 2 0
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 1 23 21 2 2 0 4 1
20 Rowlands, Paul ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 1 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 0 5 2
16 Townsend, John ? ? 2 0 16 14 2 3 0 2 1
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 5 5 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 13 15 241 205 36 63 21 43 30

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
36 Ball, Ray ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 5 0 2 2
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 0 4 31 28 3 8 0 1 4
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 2 2 31 26 5 8 0 2 2
44 Bond, Graeme ? ? 3 3 21 15 6 3 0 2 3
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 4 0 3 5
11 Bowden, Michael ? ? 0 0 13 4 9 2 2 1 2
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 1 26 23 3 12 0 2 2
3 Dean, Roger (c) ? ? 3 2 18 17 1 5 0 3 2
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 5 3 0 0
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 1 0 22 18 4 12 0 3 2
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 4 5 15 13 2 9 0 1 2
48 McKenzie, Des ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 2 3
9 Northey, John ? ? 2 2 17 12 5 1 0 1 1
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 5 12 1 4
6 Peardon, Derek ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 1 2
2 Ronaldson, John ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 5 9 1 2
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 2 2
18 Shinners, Brian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
28 Strang, Geoff ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 2 2
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 16 25 316 258 58 95 26 30 43

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