1981 VFL Season Round 11: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 6 June 1981 between Richmond and Melbourne during round eleven of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at the MCG. Geoff Raines captained the hosts. Garry Baker captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tony Jewell and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Richmond (20.16.136) defeated Melbourne (14.10.94).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 6 June 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 31,025

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Melbourne
Score: 20.16.136 - 14.10.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 7 . 4 11 . 5 13 . 8 20 . 16 20 . 16 (136)
Melbourne 5 . 2 8 . 4 11 . 7 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Margin RICH by 14 RICH by 19 RICH by 13 RICH by 42 RICH by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Geoff Raines
Coach: Tony Jewell

Melbourne

Captain: Garry Baker
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
G. Marcy

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 5 1 14 13 1 1 0 1 2
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 2 0
5 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 0 1 18 10 8 1 1 1 0
34 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 1 2
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 20 8 12 3 37 4 4
7 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 0 0 3 0
6 Mount, Stephen ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0
37 Nugent, Michael ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 2 3 1 1
4 Raines, Geoff (c) ? ? 1 1 37 20 17 4 0 1 0
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 5 1 16 12 4 5 4 2 2
22 Rowlings, Barry ? ? 1 2 26 15 11 3 0 2 0
27 Semmens, Robert ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Smith, Terry ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 2 0 1 4
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 1 1 0 2
21 Taylor, Brian ? ? 1 2 5 4 1 3 1 0 1
14 Tempany, Bruce ? ? 0 0 23 11 12 3 1 2 1
43 Wall, Matthew ? ? 0 2 21 14 7 3 0 2 4
12 Waterson, Colin ? ? 3 0 30 18 12 3 0 3 2
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 0 1 26 12 14 1 0 6 4
2 Wiley, Robert ? ? 2 3 19 15 4 1 0 0 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 20 16 343 215 128 43 48 33 32

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry (c) ? ? 0 0 9 2 7 2 12 0 1
44 Bickford, Stephen ? ? 1 0 17 8 9 4 0 0 2
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 4 1 2
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 2 0 1 1
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 7 0 5 2
45 Dickson, Russell ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
21 Durnan, Jim ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 4 0 2 1
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 1 1 19 11 8 2 0 0 3
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 3 0 5 0
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 2 1 25 21 4 2 0 5 3
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 8 0 2 1
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 1 3 0 2
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 2 0 4 3
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 2 18 8 10 2 0 1 2
25 Jackson, Mark ? ? 2 2 8 6 2 2 0 0 5
10 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 5 25 1 2
19 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 4 1 17 7 10 1 0 1 0
7 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 1 0 19 12 7 7 0 1 2
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 1 2 21 18 3 7 0 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 10 311 198 113 64 44 32 33

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