1970 VFL Season Round 8: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 23 May 1970 between Melbourne and Richmond during round eight of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Frank Davis captained the hosts. Roger Dean captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Beckwith and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Melbourne (15.10.100) were defeated by Richmond (18.19.127).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 23 May 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 36,064

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 15.10.100 - 18.19.127

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 3 7 . 5 12 . 8 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Richmond 4 . 6 12 . 8 15 . 14 18 . 19 18 . 19 (127)
Margin RICH by 3 RICH by 33 RICH by 24 RICH by 27 RICH by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: John Beckwith

Richmond

Captain: Roger Dean
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Jolley

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 1 1
18 Campbell, Des ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 3 1 0 1
22 Carr, Ray ? ? 1 1 9 5 4 2 0 0 4
2 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 1 30 21 9 6 0 2 3
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 4 4
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 7 3 0 0
28 Feldmann, Derek ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 4 0 3 3
45 Jennings, Danny ? ? 2 0 18 15 3 5 0 3 2
9 Lakes, George ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 2 0 2 2
29 Leary, Noel ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 2 2
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 2 1 15 8 7 2 1 1 4
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 3 0 28 17 11 12 0 4 3
12 Payne, Rod ? ? 1 2 14 11 3 5 15 1 2
20 Rowlands, Paul ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 3 3
23 Sinclair, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 0 1 2
16 Townsend, John ? ? 1 3 19 16 3 5 0 3 0
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 5 6 3 0
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 3 2 25 20 5 3 0 7 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 10 281 217 64 69 26 41 37

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
36 Ball, Ray ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 0 16 16 0 5 1 2 3
44 Bond, Graeme ? ? 1 3 20 18 2 5 0 2 1
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 4 0 2 6
19 Boyanich, Ray ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 3 7 0 2
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 1 2 17 14 3 3 0 5 1
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 1 1 23 23 0 6 0 1 3
3 Dean, Roger (c) ? ? 0 1 24 17 7 5 0 4 3
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 5 22 2 4
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 1 1 29 18 11 5 0 4 3
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 6 7 14 14 0 11 0 1 1
39 Jewell, Tony ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 10 0 0 3
23 Miels, Brenton ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
52 Owen, Ian ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 2 3
6 Peardon, Derek ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 6 0 4 0
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 5 0 1 0
32 Robbins, Graham ? ? 3 2 10 8 2 3 0 2 4
2 Ronaldson, John ? ? 3 0 9 6 3 4 8 0 2
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 4 0 2 1
28 Strang, Geoff ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 9 0 3 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 19 299 236 63 93 38 37 41

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