1981 VFL Season Round 21: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 22 August 1981 between Melbourne and Richmond during round twenty-one of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Robert Flower captained the hosts. Bryan Wood captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Tony Jewell.

Melbourne (15.9.99) were defeated by Richmond (17.14.116).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 22 August 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 19,567

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 15.9.99 - 17.14.116

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 3 6 . 5 8 . 8 15 . 9 15 . 9 (99)
Richmond 5 . 2 9 . 4 15 . 9 17 . 14 17 . 14 (116)
Margin RICH by 17 RICH by 17 RICH by 43 RICH by 17 RICH by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Richmond

Captain: Bryan Wood
Coach: Tony Jewell

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye
G. Marcy

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 1 3 17 9 8 2 0 0 2
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 1 2 34 18 16 3 0 0 0
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 8 0 2 1
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 4 0 2 1
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 33 21 12 6 0 0 3
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 4 0 2 3
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 2 1 19 8 11 5 0 0 3
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 27 14 13 1 0 4 2
25 Jackson, Mark ? ? 5 0 7 6 1 3 1 2 3
10 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 19 0 0
41 McGlashan, Dave ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 2 0
26 McLean, Glenn ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 6 1 2
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 3 1
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 1 0 32 16 16 6 0 2 4
47 O'Dwyer, Des ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 2 0 1 0
17 Seddon, Michael ? ? 1 0 18 9 9 6 0 0 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 4 2 2 1
48 Tossol, John ? ? 3 0 18 11 7 3 0 4 2
27 Whitford, Don ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 0
5 Young, Michael ? ? 0 2 22 14 8 3 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 9 346 199 147 68 28 29 32

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 0 2 11 11 0 3 0 0 2
33 Cloke, David ? ? 2 2 17 12 5 9 1 0 3
5 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 9 5 1 3
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 3 1 2 0
34 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 9 0 0 2
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 1 18 4 14 4 42 1 3
7 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 0 0 3 1
15 Martello, Alan ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 4 1 0 3
32 Martin, Geoff ? ? 1 1 22 14 8 2 0 2 2
6 Mount, Stephen ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 2 2
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 2 0 31 23 8 2 1 2 0
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 4 2 14 10 4 5 0 2 0
22 Rowlings, Barry ? ? 0 1 19 11 8 1 0 2 1
11 Sarah, Paul ? ? 4 1 16 14 2 3 0 3 2
10 Smith, Terry ? ? 0 1 20 17 3 3 0 1 3
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 2 0
43 Wall, Matthew ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 0
31 Welsh, Peter ? ? 4 1 27 19 8 0 0 3 1
2 Wiley, Robert ? ? 0 0 22 10 12 5 0 3 1
16 Wood, Bryan (c) ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 3 0 3 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 14 339 226 113 68 51 32 31

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