1975 VFL Season Round 7: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 17 May 1975 between Richmond and Melbourne during round seven of the 1975 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at the MCG. Royce Hart captained the hosts. Stan Alves captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Bob Skilton.

Richmond (19.18.132) defeated Melbourne (10.18.78).

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 17 May 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 29,131

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Melbourne
Score: 19.18.132 - 10.18.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 5 . 1 7 . 9 13 . 15 19 . 18 19 . 18 (132)
Melbourne 0 . 8 2 . 13 5 . 16 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Margin RICH by 23 RICH by 26 RICH by 47 RICH by 54 RICH by 54
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Royce Hart
Coach: Tom Hafey

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Lyons

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 5 ? 2 1
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 3 0 15 11 4 8 ? 3 3
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 0 26 21 5 3 ? 4 5
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 2 ? 0 2
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 5 ? 3 0
26 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 ? 1 2
33 Cloke, David ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 1 ? 0 0
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 1 2 5 4 1 3 ? 1 0
19 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 ? 1 0
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 5 4 14 12 2 2 ? 1 3
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 ? 0 0
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 5 ? 2 1
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 2 ? 0 2
51 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 ? 1 2
32 Roberts, Neville ? ? 4 3 14 12 2 5 ? 2 1
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 1 2 22 14 8 2 ? 3 1
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 2 19 10 9 0 ? 1 1
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 2 1 22 18 4 2 ? 1 2
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 2 0 14 12 2 5 ? 2 2
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 3 ? 4 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 19 18 296 223 73 59 0+ 32 29

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 2 0 28 23 5 7 ? 3 2
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 ? 0 0
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 ? 4 1
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 4 2 17 16 1 8 ? 1 2
5 Campbell, Des ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 ? 1 2
37 Carroll, Ted ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 0 ? 1 1
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 ? 2 2
24 Delmenico, Wayne ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 ? 3 2
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 2 15 8 7 8 ? 0 1
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 1 2 18 13 5 6 ? 2 3
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 ? 4 2
26 Guy, Gary ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 1 ? 0 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 2 23 15 8 3 ? 1 3
20 Hurst, Paul ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 ? 2 2
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 10 ? 2 3
12 Lyons, Marty ? ? 0 2 14 11 3 2 ? 2 2
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 1 ? 0 0
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 5 ? 0 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 ? 1 0
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 2 10 6 4 2 ? 1 2
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 10 18 277 211 66 77 0+ 30 32

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