1971 VFL Season Round 21: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 21 August 1971 between Melbourne and Richmond during round twenty-one of the 1971 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 Ian Ridley and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Melbourne (15.12.102) were defeated by Richmond (19.9.123).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 21 August 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 37,732

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 15.12.102 - 19.9.123

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 7 . 4 12 . 8 13 . 9 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Richmond 4 . 1 9 . 4 14 . 9 19 . 9 19 . 9 (123)
Margin MELB by 21 MELB by 22 RICH by 6 RICH by 21 RICH by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: Ian Ridley

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
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 5 0 4 1
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 4 0 3 2
37 Brown, Bruce ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 2
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 2 1 21 20 1 2 0 3 3
22 Carr, Ray ? ? 5 3 10 9 1 5 0 0 0
28 Collins, Mike ? ? 1 2 16 15 1 5 0 3 1
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 1 0 0 1
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 6 0 2 1
5 Gallus, John ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 1 3 1 1
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 4 1 9 9 0 7 16 2 3
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 1 5
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 0 4
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 8 0 2 1
23 Sinclair, Peter ? ? 1 2 15 13 2 4 0 1 2
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 21 21 0 8 0 1 2
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 0 2 10 10 0 2 0 1 3
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 0 1
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 3 6 0
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 1 20 19 1 6 0 3 4
54 Williamson, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 12 264 239 25 78 22 34 37

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Allford, Grant ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 3 0 2 1
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 2 1 24 23 1 2 0 5 3
16 Beard, Colin ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 1 3 0
24 Bond, Graeme ? ? 2 1 19 12 7 3 0 0 2
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 6 0 2 2
19 Boyanich, Ray ? ? 2 1 18 10 8 6 1 1 2
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 1 23 20 3 8 0 2 1
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 1 0 15 6 9 2 0 1 1
3 Dean, Roger (c) ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 4 0 2 5
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 7 0 1 1
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 2 0 22 19 3 7 0 4 2
18 Hollick, Greg ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 1
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 5 0 1 2
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 2 1 11 6 5 4 15 2 0
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 4 0 2 3
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 6 2 14 14 0 7 0 2 3
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 3 13 1 4
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 3 1
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 2 1 25 21 4 4 0 3 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 9 296 239 57 78 30 37 34

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