1980 VFL Round 20: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 1980 between Richmond and Melbourne during round 20 of the 1980 VFL season. Richmond hosted Melbourne at MCG. David Cloke captained the hosts. Carl Ditterich captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tony Jewell and the visitors were coached by Carl Ditterich.

Richmond
D. Cloke (capt.), K. Bartlett, F. Bourke, D. Collins, E. Dunne, J. Jess, M. Keane, G. Landy, P. Laughlin, M. Lee, M. Malthouse, S. Mount, G. Raines, M. Roach, I. Scrimshaw, T. Smith, G. Strachan, D. Weightman, R. Wiley, B. Wood

Melbourne
C. Ditterich (capt.), T. Barnes, M. Byrne, C. Clayton, A. Dullard, J. Durnan, R. Elliott, T. Elshaug, R. Flower, L. Fowler, P. Giles, W. Gordon, T. Martyn, A. Moir, B. Nettlefold, P. O'Brien, K. O'Donnell, M. Seddon, S. Smith, M. Wingate

Richmond (26.18.174) defeated Melbourne (16.13.109).

Goalkickers
Richmond: M. Roach (9), K. Bartlett (4), D. Cloke (3), M. Keane (3), I. Scrimshaw (3), F. Bourke, E. Dunne, D. Weightman, R. Wiley
Melbourne: S. Smith (7), M. Seddon (2), M. Byrne, A. Dullard, R. Elliott, W. Gordon, A. Moir, B. Nettlefold, K. O'Donnell

As a result of this match, Richmond remained 1st on the ladder and Melbourne remained 9th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 16 August 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 19,048

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Melbourne
Score: 26.18.174 - 16.13.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 3 9 . 8 17 . 13 26 . 18 26 . 18 (174)
Melbourne 3 . 4 9 . 6 13 . 10 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Margin MELB by 1 RICH by 2 RICH by 27 RICH by 65 RICH by 65
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Tony Jewell (Richmond), Carl Ditterich (Melbourne)
Captains: David Cloke (Richmond), Carl Ditterich (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: N. Nash, K. Norris

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 4 6 22 20 2 4 0 2 3
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 1 0 0 4
33 Cloke, David (c) ? ? 3 0 19 10 9 10 4 2 2
28 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 0 0
5 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 1 2 15 9 6 2 1 4 1
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 1 2
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 3 0 14 13 1 3 0 1 2
34 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 4 0 2 1
35 Laughlin, Peter ? ? 0 2 6 3 3 1 0 1 0
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 4 31 3 6
7 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 3 1
6 Mount, Stephen ? ? 0 1 29 22 7 10 0 4 0
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 2 14 9 5 2 1 1 2
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 9 1 16 14 2 7 0 2 1
36 Scrimshaw, Ian ? ? 3 1 14 13 1 3 0 1 1
46 Smith, Terry ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 1 0 3 2
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 1 1
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 1 0 24 9 15 1 0 3 2
2 Wiley, Robert ? ? 1 2 29 20 9 7 0 3 1
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 5 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 26 18 315 215 100 72 37 38 34

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Barnes, Tony ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 2 1
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 1 0 21 10 11 2 12 5 3
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 2 0 1 0
10 Ditterich, Carl (c) ? ? 0 1 13 7 6 3 14 3 5
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 1 0 16 9 7 3 0 1 1
21 Durnan, Jim ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 2 5 2 2
6 Elliott, Robert ? ? 1 0 9 9 0 4 0 0 4
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 0 1 22 17 5 6 0 1 6
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 1 23 12 11 3 0 4 0
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 5 0 0 2
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 3 3
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 3 0 1 0
24 Martyn, Tony ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 8 0 2 1
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 1 1 11 6 5 3 0 0 4
19 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 1 0 28 17 11 4 0 2 2
50 O'Brien, Paul ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 1 1 16 9 7 2 0 0 0
17 Seddon, Michael ? ? 2 2 16 14 2 5 0 2 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 7 5 14 14 0 7 0 5 1
18 Wingate, Maurice ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 13 297 197 100 68 31 34 38

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