1978 VFL Season Round 16: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 22 July 1978 between Melbourne and Richmond during round sixteen of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Greg Wells captained the hosts. Kevin Sheedy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dennis Jones and the visitors were coached by Barry Richardson.

Melbourne (14.9.93) were defeated by Richmond (17.19.121).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 22 July 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 18,416

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 14.9.93 - 17.19.121

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 6 . 1 8 . 2 10 . 6 14 . 9 14 . 9 (93)
Richmond 2 . 6 4 . 12 13 . 14 17 . 19 17 . 19 (121)
Margin MELB by 19 MELB by 14 RICH by 26 RICH by 28 RICH by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Dennis Jones

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Sheedy
Coach: Barry Richardson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Marcy
K. Quinn

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 25 12 13 9 10 0 1
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 3 3 9 7 2 6 0 0 2
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 4 1 26 20 6 7 0 2 3
36 Cooke, Gary ? ? 1 1 18 16 2 3 0 4 4
7 Denny, Barry ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 1 0 12 5 7 8 1 1 3
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 1 2
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 2 0 23 20 3 8 0 2 3
34 Flower, Tom ? ? 2 0 22 16 6 3 0 1 2
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 4 0 4 3
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 8 0 3 1
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 1 4
8 Johnston, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
26 McKeon, Mark ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 4 0 2 2
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 4 2
49 Rea, Mick ? ? 1 1 9 5 4 2 3 3 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 3 3 0 0
47 Thompson, Paul ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 1
11 Wells, Greg (c) ? ? 0 0 25 11 14 4 0 2 3
18 Wingate, Maurice ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 2 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 9 282 198 84 76 17 32 40

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 3 0 23 23 0 5 0 2 1
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 0
33 Cloke, David ? ? 2 1 18 10 8 9 12 1 4
9 Dickson, Glenn ? ? 2 4 16 13 3 4 0 2 2
1 Einsiedel, John ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 0 0 1 1
37 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 1 0
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 2 9 6 3 0 0 1 0
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 1 2 2
25 Laughlin, Peter ? ? 1 1 15 13 2 3 0 0 4
41 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 7 30 0 1
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 4
7 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 3 0 3 3
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 4 3 18 15 3 1 1 3 0
13 Naylor, Greg ? ? 0 2 17 10 7 2 0 1 2
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 2 29 20 9 2 0 6 1
36 Scrimshaw, Ian ? ? 3 1 19 16 3 6 0 2 4
10 Sheedy, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 0 5 0
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 5 2
14 Tempany, Bruce ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 2 1
43 Weightman, Dale ? ? 1 1 18 9 9 2 0 3 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 19 291 218 73 58 44 41 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