1977 VFL Season Round 16: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 16 July 1977 between Richmond and Melbourne during round sixteen of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at the MCG. Francis Bourke captained the hosts. Greg Wells captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Barry Richardson and the visitors were coached by Bob Skilton.

Richmond (10.11.71) were defeated by Melbourne (13.12.90).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 16 July 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 20,050

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Melbourne
Score: 10.11.71 - 13.12.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 3 9 . 5 10 . 8 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Melbourne 3 . 5 6 . 7 7 . 10 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Margin RICH by 4 RICH by 16 RICH by 16 MELB by 19 MELB by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Francis Bourke
Coach: Barry Richardson

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
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 0 13 6 7 4 21 3 5
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 4 27 25 2 5 0 4 2
30 Bourke, Francis (c) ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 3 2
7 Carter, Noel ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 3 0 6 5
33 Cloke, David ? ? 0 2 18 15 3 9 3 2 3
17 Edwards, Allan ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 0 2
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 4 1 10 6 4 4 12 2 2
37 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 2 2
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 1 4
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 4 0 3 3
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 1 1 20 16 4 2 0 3 3
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 1 2
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 0 1 28 25 3 6 0 6 5
9 Noonan, Alan ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 3
40 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 3 0 3 3
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 5 1 2 3
2 Roberts, Neville ? ? 2 0 24 13 11 7 0 4 3
36 Scrimshaw, Ian ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 5 1 4 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 11 292 211 81 66 38 50 54

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
39 Alves, Mark ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 1 2 19 14 5 11 5 5 1
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 3 3
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 4 0 20 11 9 5 0 2 4
37 Carroll, Ted ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 3 3
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 2 2 26 16 10 5 0 6 7
21 Davis, Allan ? ? 1 1 16 9 7 1 0 2 4
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 1 0 6 3 3 5 0 0 2
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 2 1 24 15 9 4 0 4 4
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 6 0 3 1
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 1 22 16 6 2 0 8 4
27 Graham, Colin ? ? 0 2 13 10 3 2 0 1 1
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 2 2
16 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
48 Marchant, Brett ? ? 0 0 9 2 7 2 0 0 1
10 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 1 18 5 2
12 Norsworthy, Barry ? ? 2 1 19 13 6 4 1 4 7
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 4 0 3 1
11 Wells, Greg (c) ? ? 0 0 37 30 7 6 0 3 1
18 Wingate, Maurice ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 12 313 207 106 70 24 54 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