1977 VFL Season Round 5: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 30 April 1977 between Melbourne and Richmond during round five of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Francis Bourke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by Barry Richardson.

Melbourne (13.24.102) were defeated by Richmond (19.17.131).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 30 April 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 22,272

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 13.24.102 - 19.17.131

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 6 7 . 9 10 . 19 13 . 24 13 . 24 (102)
Richmond 3 . 6 11 . 11 15 . 15 19 . 17 19 . 17 (131)
Margin MELB by 6 RICH by 26 RICH by 26 RICH by 29 RICH by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Bob Skilton

Richmond

Captain: Francis Bourke
Coach: Barry Richardson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Polites
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Aitken, Chris ? ? 0 3 14 10 4 2 1 4 1
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 1 4 18 13 5 2 0 3 2
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 1 1 22 15 7 2 0 8 4
21 Davis, Allan ? ? 1 0 23 17 6 7 0 0 3
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 2 3 13 9 4 7 1 0 1
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 2 0 18 9 9 7 0 2 0
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 2 2 34 29 5 6 0 5 1
22 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 1 0 4 1
27 Graham, Colin ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 4 0 1 0
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 2 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 1 1 14 7 7 2 0 1 2
20 Hurst, Paul ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 2
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 1 0 5 2
16 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 1 0
12 Lyons, Marty ? ? 2 3 21 14 7 0 1 2 1
10 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 1 18 11 7 2 16 4 2
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 0 0 6 1 5 0 0 0 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 1 0 0 0
41 Woodman, Chris ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 1 2 2 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 13 24 285 200 85 52 21 44 23

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 1 0 21 10 11 6 12 1 2
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 2 1 33 27 6 6 0 1 0
30 Bourke, Francis (c) ? ? 0 0 26 15 11 8 0 3 5
26 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
33 Cloke, David ? ? 1 3 13 8 5 3 4 0 0
17 Edwards, Allan ? ? 1 2 18 15 3 7 0 0 4
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 4 2 15 9 6 8 12 2 6
23 Hummel, Jon ? ? 1 2 16 12 4 3 0 2 3
37 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 2 0
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 1 1 5 4 1 0 0 0 2
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 5 0 1 1
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 4 1 13 11 2 2 0 0 3
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 0 0 1
34 Miller, David ? ? 1 0 16 7 9 3 0 1 2
9 Noonan, Alan ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 6 0 2 2
3 Pitura, John ? ? 1 0 23 13 10 5 0 0 6
40 Raines, Geoff ? ? 1 0 26 20 6 4 0 1 4
24 Robertson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 3 0 0 2
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 6 2 4 0
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 6 0 2 3
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 19 17 319 215 104 83 30 22 46

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