1983 VFL Season Round 2: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 2 April 1983 between Richmond and Melbourne during round two of the 1983 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at the MCG. Barry Rowlings captained the hosts. Robert Flower captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Francis Bourke and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Richmond (15.10.100) were defeated by Melbourne (18.11.119).

Match Details

Season: 1983 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 2 April 1983
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 41,889

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Melbourne
Score: 15.10.100 - 18.11.119

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 2 5 . 6 10 . 9 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Melbourne 2 . 1 10 . 5 12 . 8 18 . 11 18 . 11 (119)
Margin RICH by 7 MELB by 29 MELB by 11 MELB by 19 MELB by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Barry Rowlings
Coach: Francis Bourke

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Morrow
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 3 2 10 10 0 1 0 4 1
5 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 1 1 1 2
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 7 0 1 2
10 Gepp, Tim ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 0 1
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 2 2 0 3
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 1 2
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 5 10 2 16 1 3
6 Palm, David ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 3 0 2 3
17 Rioli, Maurice ? ? 1 1 20 16 4 3 0 7 5
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 1 0 23 20 3 10 8 5 1
22 Rowlings, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 0 3
25 Sartori, Ian ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 2 0 2 3
45 Shand, Wayne ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 5 0 0 1
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 8 0 1 0
4 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 6 0 5 2
21 Taylor, Brian ? ? 5 1 18 6 12 6 1 0 2
12 Wall, Matthew ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 4 0 1 1
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 1 1 19 11 8 4 0 1 3
2 Wiley, Robert ? ? 2 1 25 20 5 10 0 1 1
9 Williams, Shane ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 10 291 202 89 81 28 34 40

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
8 Bamblett, Les ? ? 1 1 22 16 6 3 0 5 1
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 0 0 25 15 10 1 0 4 1
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 1 0 19 12 7 2 0 1 3
14 Ellingworth, Roger ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 1 1
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 1 2 27 15 12 4 0 1 1
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 5 0 19 15 4 7 0 0 2
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 6 0 2 0
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 4 1 15 11 4 3 1 1 3
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 1 27 15 12 10 0 5 1
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 0 0 2 1
24 McCarthy, Stephen ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
26 McLean, Glenn ? ? 3 3 13 11 2 3 11 3 3
10 Moore, Peter ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 5 13 1 4
40 O'Brien, Paul ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 2 3
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 2 0 1 0
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 3 0 1 0
17 Seddon, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 3 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 4 0
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 2 19 11 8 7 0 1 4
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 6 0 2 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 11 326 222 104 70 25 40 34

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