1983 VFL Season Round 13: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 18 June 1983 between Melbourne and Richmond during round thirteen of the 1983 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Robert Flower captained the hosts. Barry Rowlings captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Francis Bourke.

Melbourne (18.15.123) defeated Richmond (15.19.109).

Match Details

Season: 1983 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 18 June 1983
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 28,468

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 18.15.123 - 15.19.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 8 . 3 13 . 6 15 . 9 18 . 15 18 . 15 (123)
Richmond 3 . 5 8 . 10 14 . 15 15 . 19 15 . 19 (109)
Margin MELB by 28 MELB by 26 level MELB by 14 MELB by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Richmond

Captain: Barry Rowlings
Coach: Francis Bourke

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Carbines
G. Sidebottom

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 1 22 17 5 2 0 3 3
29 Dickson, Dale ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 0 1 3 2
14 Ellingworth, Roger ? ? 2 2 18 11 7 1 0 1 1
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 0 1
36 Fidge, Ted ? ? 0 2 9 5 4 1 0 0 2
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 2 3 38 22 16 15 0 2 0
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 3 1 17 13 4 9 0 1 3
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 1 3 11 9 2 4 1 0 0
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 20 5 15 3 0 0 2
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 1 1 20 13 7 3 0 4 1
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 0 29 21 8 9 0 3 1
26 McLean, Glenn ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 2 18 2 2
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 5 0 0 0
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 0 0 23 9 14 4 0 0 3
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 6 0 1 1
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 5 2 12 10 2 4 0 1 4
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 4 0 19 13 6 5 0 1 4
19 Wright, Rodney ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 1 0 2 2
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 18 15 344 222 122 81 20 24 32

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 2 6 12 11 1 4 0 0 0
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 1
37 Foley, Dan ? ? 0 1 12 5 7 0 7 0 1
10 Gepp, Tim ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 2 2
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 1 1 17 9 8 6 1 0 0
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 1 0 24 15 9 2 0 3 0
34 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 6 1 1 4
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 4 30 3 1
33 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 5 1
6 Palm, David ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 2 0 3 0
24 Peart, Neil ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 2 0 0 1
17 Rioli, Maurice ? ? 1 0 25 17 8 0 0 2 2
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 6 3 12 11 1 8 0 1 2
41 Rolfe, Michael ? ? 0 1 23 17 6 0 0 2 6
22 Rowlings, Barry (c) ? ? 1 1 22 15 7 2 1 1 0
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 0 0
12 Wall, Matthew ? ? 1 0 22 14 8 2 0 0 0
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 0 1 22 12 10 2 0 6 1
2 Wiley, Robert ? ? 2 1 19 16 3 2 0 1 2
42 Winton, Brian ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 15 19 319 209 110 49 40 32 24

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