1979 VFL Season Round 4: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1979 between Melbourne and Richmond during round four of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Carl Ditterich captained the hosts. Kevin Bartlett captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Carl Ditterich and the visitors were coached by Tony Jewell.

Melbourne (16.23.119) defeated Richmond (15.19.109).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Wednesday 25 April 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 44,708

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 16.23.119 - 15.19.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 8 9 . 14 15 . 19 16 . 23 16 . 23 (119)
Richmond 3 . 6 10 . 12 11 . 14 15 . 19 15 . 19 (109)
Margin MELB by 8 RICH by 4 MELB by 29 MELB by 10 MELB by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Carl Ditterich
Coach: Carl Ditterich

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Bartlett
Coach: Tony Jewell

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Polites
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Carman, Phil ? ? 5 0 14 10 4 8 0 1 3
3 Coles, Henry ? ? 0 3 13 9 4 0 0 0 1
33 Dellamarta, John ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 1 1 1 2
10 Ditterich, Carl (c) ? ? 0 0 31 13 18 10 22 2 4
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 3 1 26 19 7 4 0 5 1
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 6 0
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 1 0 1 0
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 1 1
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 2 2 1
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 5 18 13 5 2 0 1 1
5 Hunnibell, Graham ? ? 1 0 7 3 4 2 3 2 1
24 Martyn, Tony ? ? 0 1 14 7 7 0 0 4 1
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 1 3 19 15 4 2 0 3 4
12 Norsworthy, Barry ? ? 1 4 15 11 4 1 0 1 3
25 Richards, Kelvin ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 2 1
16 Walters, Robert ? ? 2 1 9 9 0 3 0 0 2
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 2 23 19 4 6 0 4 1
27 Whitford, Don ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 2 0 4 3
18 Wingate, Maurice ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 2 0
41 Woodman, Chris ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 2 4 2 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 23 284 202 82 53 32 44 33

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
49 Bain, Frank ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 0 0 3 4
29 Bartlett, Kevin (c) ? ? 1 2 26 22 4 5 0 0 2
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 7 0 3 2
33 Cloke, David ? ? 1 2 14 10 4 6 2 0 1
5 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 1 2 10 5 5 3 3 2 1
17 Edwards, Allan ? ? 1 1 4 3 1 2 0 0 2
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 0 0 5 0 5 3 6 0 0
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 0 27 20 7 13 0 3 5
25 Laughlin, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 1 0
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 0 13 1 4
7 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 2 3
42 McMillan, Geoff ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 2 0
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 0 0 4 3
32 Parkes, Gary ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 3 0 0 2
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 3 0 3 4
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 7 4 18 16 2 8 2 1 2
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 1 0 1 1
14 Tempany, Bruce ? ? 2 3 26 17 9 8 0 2 0
2 Wiley, Robert ? ? 0 2 20 16 4 2 0 3 4
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 1 0 2 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 19 291 210 81 73 26 33 44

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