1976 VFL Season Round 8: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 1976 between Richmond and Melbourne during round eight of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at the MCG. Francis Bourke captained the hosts. Stan Alves captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Bob Skilton.

Richmond (14.11.95) defeated Melbourne (9.15.69).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 May 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 22,145

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Melbourne
Score: 14.11.95 - 9.15.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 0 8 . 3 10 . 6 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Melbourne 2 . 2 4 . 6 6 . 11 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
Margin RICH by 4 RICH by 21 RICH by 19 RICH by 26 RICH by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Francis Bourke
Coach: Tom Hafey

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Henry
D. Levens

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 0 2 16 12 4 3 15 3 3
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 1 0 1 3
30 Bourke, Francis (c) ? ? 0 0 25 13 12 7 0 4 2
7 Carter, Noel ? ? 0 2 10 7 3 1 0 0 2
26 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 1 0 0 2
33 Cloke, David ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 2 0 2 0
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 0 0 5 1 4 1 0 0 0
36 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 1 0 1
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 3 0 9 7 2 7 24 2 2
37 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 1
19 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 3 0 4 1
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 3 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 0
35 Mattson, Don ? ? 0 1 17 8 9 3 0 3 1
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 1 1 0 4
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 5 2 16 14 2 2 0 2 3
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 1 2 17 12 5 3 0 2 1
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 4 0 7 1
23 Thompson, Murray ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 2 0 6 4
14 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 0 1 3 4
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 1 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 11 286 198 88 45 42 41 37

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 1 3 31 19 12 10 0 4 4
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 1 1 7 7 0 4 4 2 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 2 0
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 2 0 4 2
37 Carroll, Ted ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 1 1
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 0 2 23 16 7 2 0 4 5
21 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 1 6
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 2
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 1 2
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 6 0 6 6
22 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 0 2 8 3 5 0 0 0 2
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 5 0 0 1
8 Johnston, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0
16 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 1 3
12 Lyons, Marty ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 2 0 1 0
10 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 1 0 0
24 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 1 2 1
7 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 2 0
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 3 3 19 16 3 7 3 1 2
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 3 1 25 21 4 2 0 5 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 15 269 213 56 59 12 37 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