1970 VFL Season Round 19: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 August 1970 between Richmond and Melbourne during round nineteen of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at the MCG. Roger Dean captained the hosts. Frank Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by John Beckwith.

Richmond (9.10.64) were defeated by Melbourne (18.10.118).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 8 August 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 25,158

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Melbourne
Score: 9.10.64 - 18.10.118

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 2 5 . 6 8 . 7 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Melbourne 4 . 1 8 . 3 14 . 8 18 . 10 18 . 10 (118)
Margin MELB by 11 MELB by 15 MELB by 37 MELB by 54 MELB by 54
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Roger Dean
Coach: Tom Hafey

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: John Beckwith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 2 0 3 5
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 0 1 29 28 1 3 0 4 2
16 Beard, Colin ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 7 1 3 2
44 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 3 0 1 3
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 23 23 0 7 0 3 5
11 Bowden, Michael ? ? 0 0 22 12 10 6 0 2 2
19 Boyanich, Ray ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 4 16 1 0
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
27 Burgin, Graham ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 0 0
3 Dean, Roger (c) ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 3 0 3 1
31 French, Lloyd ? ? 2 0 11 6 5 4 1 2 0
57 Hollick, Greg ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 2 2 7 6 1 3 0 1 1
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 1 3
20 McInnes, George ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 3 6 1 3
23 Miels, Brenton ? ? 0 0 25 19 6 2 0 7 2
7 Moore, Eric ? ? 2 2 21 17 4 5 0 3 0
9 Northey, John ? ? 1 3 14 11 3 3 0 3 4
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 1 1
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 3 0 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 10 285 229 56 67 24 43 35

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 3 0 4 3
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 1 1 20 14 6 3 0 1 5
40 Burgmann, Lloyd ? ? 2 1 18 15 3 4 0 4 5
18 Campbell, Des ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 4 3 1 1
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 5 0 2 2
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 4 3 14 13 1 7 0 1 1
28 Feldmann, Derek ? ? 1 1 21 14 7 5 1 2 4
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 20 20 0 5 0 1 2
32 Hodges, Barry ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 0 3 3
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 2 0 14 12 2 9 11 0 1
9 Lakes, George ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 2 0 25 21 4 9 0 3 2
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 1 0 17 15 2 8 0 1 3
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 0 21 14 7 14 0 3 1
12 Payne, Rod ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 2 10 0 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 21 21 0 3 0 5 4
16 Townsend, John ? ? 1 0 20 18 2 7 0 1 0
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
25 Weekes, Peter ? ? 3 1 7 6 1 3 8 1 0
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 0 2 6
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 10 305 260 45 100 33 35 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