1969 VFL Season Round 17: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 9 August 1969 between Richmond and Melbourne during round seventeen of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at the MCG. Roger Dean captained the hosts. Tassie Johnson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by John Beckwith.

Richmond (19.11.125) defeated Melbourne (12.13.85).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 9 August 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 23,519

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Melbourne
Score: 19.11.125 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 7 . 1 9 . 1 15 . 7 19 . 11 19 . 11 (125)
Melbourne 1 . 3 8 . 7 10 . 10 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Margin RICH by 34 level RICH by 27 RICH by 40 RICH by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Roger Dean
Coach: Tom Hafey

Melbourne

Captain: Tassie Johnson
Coach: John Beckwith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 2 32 30 2 3 0 4 0
16 Beard, Colin ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 0 3
44 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 2 1 17 12 5 0 1 0 3
11 Bowden, Michael ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 1 2 5
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 3 1 17 15 2 3 0 3 2
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 24 21 3 5 0 3 3
3 Dean, Roger (c) ? ? 4 0 21 17 4 6 0 3 5
37 Green, Mike ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 12 26 3 3
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 1 2 24 21 3 9 0 1 2
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 2 1 10 8 2 7 3 1 4
1 Jewell, Tony ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 1 2
7 Moore, Eric ? ? 1 0 25 18 7 1 0 2 2
9 Northey, John ? ? 1 2 11 8 3 2 0 2 5
52 Owen, Ian ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 0 2
22 Perry, Mike ? ? 3 1 8 5 3 2 9 1 1
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 8 0 1 1
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 26 23 3 9 0 6 1
39 Smith, Anthony ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
28 Strang, Geoff ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 4 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 11 303 250 53 81 40 33 45

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 1 2 11 10 1 1 0 4 1
2 Clark, Denis ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 3 0 5 2
17 Clarke, Kelvin ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 2 0 0 4
39 Colcott, Russell ? ? 1 3 12 11 1 5 0 4 0
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 2 0 6 2
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 6 3 13 11 2 9 0 0 2
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 6 2 2 4
21 Hone, David ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 0 3
45 Jennings, Danny ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
8 Johnson, Tassie (c) ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 1 2 1
34 Jones, Brent ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 1 2 0
9 Lakes, George ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 5 0 1 0
50 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 1 2
44 Mitchell, Mark ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 3 0 1 3
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 2 1 19 12 7 10 1 2 3
20 Rowlands, Paul ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 6 0 1 1
37 Schwarz, Darryl ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 5 11 5 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 0 0 4 3
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 2 20 17 3 1 0 2 1
1 Walker, Max ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 7 14 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 13 269 225 44 75 30 45 33

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