1980 VFL Season Round 9: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 24 May 1980 between Melbourne and Richmond during round nine of the 1980 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Robert Flower captained the hosts. Bruce Monteath captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Carl Ditterich and the visitors were coached by Tony Jewell.

Melbourne (15.12.102) were defeated by Richmond (29.21.195).

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 24 May 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 27,217

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 15.12.102 - 29.21.195

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 3 5 . 6 10 . 10 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Richmond 8 . 6 16 . 8 24 . 15 29 . 21 29 . 21 (195)
Margin RICH by 39 RICH by 68 RICH by 89 RICH by 93 RICH by 93
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Carl Ditterich

Richmond

Captain: Bruce Monteath
Coach: Tony Jewell

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Carbines
M. Dye

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Barnes, Tony ? ? 2 0 9 7 2 2 0 1 2
44 Bickford, Stephen ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 4 0 0 0
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 2 1 18 7 11 4 13 0 1
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 1 0 3 2
3 Coles, Henry ? ? 2 3 21 15 6 4 0 3 2
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 1 2 9 5 4 2 0 1 1
6 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 0 2
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 0 1 25 16 9 3 0 1 0
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 1 1 20 14 6 7 0 1 1
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 3 0 3 1
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 1 1
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 12 3 9 2 1 0 0
24 Martyn, Tony ? ? 1 1 27 13 14 4 0 2 1
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 3 2 14 12 2 3 0 0 2
19 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 21 8 13 1 0 1 1
42 Rowe, Russell ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
17 Seddon, Michael ? ? 2 0 24 11 13 4 0 0 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 1 0 19 9 10 4 6 1 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 3 0 2 2
41 Woodman, Chris ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 2 5 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 12 334 185 149 58 25 21 22

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 4 3 20 13 7 2 0 2 1
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0
33 Cloke, David ? ? 5 4 23 17 6 7 5 1 2
28 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 0 3 1
5 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 5 1 2 0
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 3 0 0 1
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 3 0 0 0
34 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 1
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 1 55 0 1
7 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 0 0 0 1
11 Monteath, Bruce (c) ? ? 8 3 29 19 10 11 0 1 2
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 0 25 16 9 1 0 3 2
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 3 1 9 6 3 2 0 1 0
22 Rowlings, Barry ? ? 3 2 38 31 7 5 0 0 1
46 Smith, Terry ? ? 1 2 17 8 9 1 0 1 2
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 2 2
14 Tempany, Bruce ? ? 3 0 19 14 5 4 0 3 1
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 1 2 33 15 18 4 1 3 2
31 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 0 0
2 Wiley, Robert ? ? 1 2 33 24 9 7 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 29 21 367 234 133 58 62 22 21

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