1972 VFL Season Round 5: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1972 between Richmond and Melbourne during round five of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at the MCG. Royce Hart captained the hosts with Kevin Bartlett as vice-captain. Frank Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Ian Ridley.

Richmond (13.11.89) defeated Melbourne (12.12.84).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Tuesday 25 April 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 38,154

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Melbourne
Score: 13.11.89 - 12.12.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 2 5 . 3 7 . 7 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Melbourne 4 . 6 9 . 8 11 . 11 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Margin MELB by 16 MELB by 29 MELB by 28 RICH by 5 RICH by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Royce Hart
Vice-Captain: Kevin Bartlett
Coach: Tom Hafey

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: Ian Ridley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 0
29 Bartlett, Kevin (vc) ? ? 1 2 32 31 1 6 0 4 1
20 Beckwith, Bill ? ? 0 2 8 8 0 0 0 1 1
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 20 20 0 4 0 0 1
19 Boyanich, Ray ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 1 2
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 28 24 4 7 0 3 2
41 Cloke, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 1 2
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 2 0 12 8 4 4 0 0 3
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 4 2 16 14 2 4 0 2 0
18 Hollick, Greg ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 5 0 1 1
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 2 3
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 10 3 1
14 McMillan, Marty ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 1 0 2 0
22 Moore, Eric ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 2 0 3 1
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 2 13 12 1 2 0 2 0
12 Owen, Ian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 3 3 6 6 0 4 0 1 0
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 6 12 0 5
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 2 0 6 1
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 0 0 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 11 251 220 31 58 24 34 24

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 1 0 20 18 2 4 0 2 2
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 1 1
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 0 1
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 1 1 22 20 2 4 1 3 3
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 8 0 1 1
12 Collins, Mike ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 1 1
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 7 0 2 3
5 Gallus, John ? ? 2 0 7 6 1 5 4 0 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 7 0 1 3
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 24 2 2
2 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 1 0 1 2
50 McSpeerin, Shane ? ? 1 3 22 21 1 6 0 2 0
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 6 0 1 4
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 5 4 17 17 0 12 0 2 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 2 0 2 1
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 2 0 1 3
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 9 6 4 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 0 24 22 2 6 0 0 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 12 295 268 27 85 35 27 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