1976 VFL Season Round 19: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 7 August 1976 between Melbourne and Richmond during round nineteen of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Stan Alves captained the hosts. Francis Bourke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Melbourne (17.17.119) defeated Richmond (13.11.89).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 7 August 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 16,585

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 17.17.119 - 13.11.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 8 11 . 10 14 . 11 17 . 17 17 . 17 (119)
Richmond 5 . 2 7 . 8 11 . 9 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Margin MELB by 6 MELB by 26 MELB by 20 MELB by 30 MELB by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

Richmond

Captain: Francis Bourke
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Fellows
D. Levens

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 0 1 21 15 6 5 0 3 4
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 3 4 14 8 6 2 0 2 5
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 0 2 19 16 3 10 0 1 3
5 Campbell, Des ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 2 0
37 Carroll, Ted ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 1 0 1 3
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 2 1 26 17 9 1 0 7 4
21 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 1 0
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 1 1 23 14 9 8 0 2 0
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 1 32 21 11 6 0 5 2
22 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 2 2
27 Graham, Colin ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 3 0 4 2
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 7 4
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
10 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 1 6 6 0 2 16 2 0
38 O'Keefe, Peter ? ? 1 0 17 8 9 3 0 1 1
24 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 1 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 4 1 13 7 6 4 7 1 2
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 0 3 4
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 1 20 15 5 3 1 4 1
41 Woodman, Chris ? ? 3 1 4 4 0 3 5 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 17 287 204 83 64 29 50 40

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 10 1 2
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 2 22 20 2 2 0 3 3
30 Bourke, Francis (c) ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 1 0 3 5
19 Boyanich, Ray ? ? 1 2 13 10 3 6 1 1 2
26 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 1 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 0
17 Edwards, Allan ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 6 0 2 2
32 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 13 2 6
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 3 3 6 6 0 2 0 4 4
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 2 13 1 2
37 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 2 0 21 19 2 3 0 2 2
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 4 2
22 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 2 0 4 5
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 3 3
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
2 Roberts, Neville ? ? 2 0 11 7 4 2 0 2 0
24 Robertson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 1 2
36 Scrimshaw, Ian ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 1 0 1 3
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 1 0 4 4
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 1 17 10 7 2 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 11 233 176 57 43 37 40 50

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