1974 VFL Season Round 4: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 1974 between Richmond and Melbourne during round four of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at the MCG. In the absence of Royce Hart, vice-captain Kevin Bartlett captained the hosts with Francis Bourke as vice-captain. Stan Alves captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Bob Skilton.

Richmond (13.16.94) defeated Melbourne (9.15.69).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 27 April 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 28,080

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Melbourne
Score: 13.16.94 - 9.15.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 5 7 . 9 10 . 12 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Melbourne 2 . 6 4 . 8 6 . 10 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
Margin RICH by 5 RICH by 19 RICH by 26 RICH by 25 RICH by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Bartlett (acting)
Vice-Captain: Francis Bourke (acting)
Coach: Tom Hafey

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Henry

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin (ac) ? ? 4 1 33 31 2 5 ? 4 2
30 Bourke, Francis (avc) ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 ? 2 3
18 Brown, Mal ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 2 ? 3 2
27 Carter, Noel ? ? 2 2 18 12 6 4 ? 3 1
33 Cloke, David ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 ? 0 0
11 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 5 ? 5 2
37 Green, Mike ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 3 ? 1 1
19 Hewitt, Glynn ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 ? 1 0
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 1 3 7 6 1 3 ? 0 0
40 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 2 ? 4 1
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 ? 0 0
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 1 ? 2 1
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 1 ? 1 1
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 1 25 14 11 4 ? 3 2
39 Parsons, Stephen ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 3 ? 1 4
13 Rae, Stephen ? ? 2 1 22 16 6 3 ? 1 3
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 1 3 31 22 9 1 ? 7 1
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 2 1 21 15 6 1 ? 3 2
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 34 27 7 3 ? 2 1
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 1 ? 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 13 16 348 257 91 51 0+ 44 28

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 5 ? 0 0
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 ? 0 2
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 ? 0 0
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 3 ? 1 3
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 ? 2 2
5 Clennett, John ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 ? 2 2
12 Collins, Mike ? ? 1 1 15 14 1 5 ? 0 4
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 1 0 22 19 3 8 ? 3 2
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 4 10 9 1 4 ? 2 4
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 1 2 14 10 4 4 ? 2 2
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 2 3 31 26 5 8 ? 2 6
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 4 ? 1 1
9 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 5 ? 1 2
39 Moore, Kevin ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 5 ? 2 6
29 Murray, David ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 ? 2 0
34 Owens, Mal ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 4 ? 1 1
38 Slade, Peter ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 2 ? 1 2
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 2 1 11 10 1 2 ? 3 1
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 0 33 30 3 7 ? 3 4
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 9 15 289 245 44 75 0+ 28 44

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