1971 VFL Season Round 10: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 5 June 1971 between Richmond and Melbourne during round ten of the 1971 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 Ian Ridley.

Richmond (15.16.106) defeated Melbourne (11.9.75).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 5 June 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 48,708

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Melbourne
Score: 15.16.106 - 11.9.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 4 8 . 6 13 . 9 15 . 16 15 . 16 (106)
Melbourne 6 . 1 7 . 4 9 . 6 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Margin MELB by 15 RICH by 8 RICH by 27 RICH by 31 RICH by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Roger Dean
Coach: Tom Hafey

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: Ian Ridley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Jolley

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 2 3 16 12 4 8 0 3 2
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 3 3 25 24 1 2 0 4 2
16 Beard, Colin ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Bond, Graeme ? ? 3 1 22 17 5 1 0 4 1
19 Boyanich, Ray ? ? 2 1 18 12 6 6 6 2 4
27 Burgin, Graham ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 3 0 4 2
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 1 1 1 4
41 Cloke, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 5 0 1 2
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
23 Davenport, Don ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 1 0 3 0
3 Dean, Roger (c) ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 3 0 4 5
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 4 0 23 22 1 13 0 4 2
18 Hollick, Greg ? ? 0 1 20 18 2 4 1 2 4
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 7 0 3 0
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 7 0 1 3
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 10 24 3 3
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 1 0 3 2
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 0 1 27 21 6 8 1 1 3
28 Strang, Geoff ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 1 2
35 Tschirpig, Bruce ? ? 0 2 14 11 3 3 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 16 302 250 52 88 33 46 44

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 1 21 19 2 6 0 2 2
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 5 0 2 4
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 4 1 10 8 2 2 0 2 2
10 Burgmann, Lloyd ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 3 0 3 2
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 2 0 23 20 3 3 0 3 3
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 0 0 3 2
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 6 0 1 1
5 Gallus, John ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 7 5 1 2
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 7 0 5 4
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 2 1 11 9 2 8 17 2 2
9 Lakes, George ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 3 0 4 2
43 Lawrie, Gordon ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 3 2
50 McSpeerin, Shane ? ? 0 1 7 7 0 2 0 0 0
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 1 0 6
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 5 0 0 2
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 12 0 3 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 8 0 3 4
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 2 3
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 2 29 27 2 5 0 5 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 9 280 247 33 92 23 44 46

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