1972 VFL Season Round 16: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 22 July 1972 between Melbourne and Richmond during round sixteen of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Frank Davis captained the hosts. Royce Hart captained the visitors with, in the absence of Kevin Bartlett, deputy vice-captain Francis Bourke as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ian Ridley and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Melbourne (11.18.84) were defeated by Richmond (19.9.123).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 22 July 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 32,416

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 11.18.84 - 19.9.123

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 8 6 . 12 7 . 15 11 . 18 11 . 18 (84)
Richmond 3 . 1 8 . 3 14 . 5 19 . 9 19 . 9 (123)
Margin MELB by 13 RICH by 3 RICH by 32 RICH by 39 RICH by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: Ian Ridley

Richmond

Captain: Royce Hart
Vice-Captain: Francis Bourke (acting)
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 0 3 4
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 3 0 1 3
27 Brewer, Ross ? ? 0 1 18 16 2 6 0 1 1
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 2 2 19 19 0 4 0 5 2
34 Clennett, John ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 1 8 1 2
12 Collins, Mike ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 4 0 2 0
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 5 0 1 5
5 Gallus, John ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 4 1 2
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 22 21 1 8 0 3 4
46 Harrold, Geoff ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 3 0 1 0
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 5 12 3 2
41 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 0 5 3
30 Letcher, John ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 3 1
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 1 3 1
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 0
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 5 3 14 12 2 7 0 1 0
20 Queay, Laurie ? ? 2 1 17 17 0 6 0 4 5
45 Ritterman, Henry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 1 27 22 5 12 0 1 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 3 23 21 2 4 0 2 2
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 11 18 266 240 26 77 26 41 38

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Allford, Grant ? ? 1 1 6 6 0 4 0 1 1
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 1 2 6 5 1 3 4 1 0
24 Bond, Graeme ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 1 0 1 3
30 Bourke, Francis (avc) ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 2 0 2 1
19 Boyanich, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 6 1 0 2
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 1 0
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 2 0 14 8 6 1 0 3 2
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 4 1 29 25 4 5 0 5 5
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 4 0 21 19 2 4 0 6 2
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 7 0 0 2
43 Hywood, Steve ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 2
40 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 12 14 4 2
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 1 0 11 11 0 2 0 1 3
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 4 4 15 14 1 7 0 1 4
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 0 5 1
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 3 0 1 3
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 1 2
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 4 0 3 5
37 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 9 259 223 36 75 19 38 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