1984 VFL Season Round 10: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 2 June 1984 between Melbourne and Richmond during round ten of the 1984 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 Mike Patterson.

Melbourne (15.13.103) defeated Richmond (11.10.76).

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 2 June 1984
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 43,912

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 15.13.103 - 11.10.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 4 7 . 6 10 . 11 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Richmond 2 . 2 6 . 5 9 . 7 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Margin MELB by 14 MELB by 7 MELB by 10 MELB by 27 MELB by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Richmond

Captain: Barry Rowlings
Coach: Mike Patterson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Russo
R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Robert Flower MELB 2 3
Gerard Healy MELB 3 2
Mark Lee RICH 1 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 1 1 11 7 4 1 0 2 1
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 3 1 13 10 3 2 0 4 0
28 Cordner, David ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 3 1 2
14 Ellingworth, Roger ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1
44 Fidge, John ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 2 0 0 0
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 4 1 20 15 5 7 0 3 2
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 2 0 0 4
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 1 0 25 18 7 4 0 2 4
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 20 4 16 1 0 2 3
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 1 23 15 8 7 0 0 0
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 1 26 20 6 3 0 3 2
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 1 1 29 23 6 11 19 3 5
6 O'Sullivan, Michael ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 3 0 0 2
1 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 4 0 2 0
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 3 2 8 8 0 7 0 1 5
8 Thorne, Peter ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 4 0 1 3
21 Tossol, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
12 Williams, David ? ? 0 1 19 14 5 7 0 1 4
45 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 2 0 5 0
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 4 0 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 15 13 305 210 95 75 22 31 38

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Annear, John ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 2 0 2 2
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 1 3 16 11 5 4 0 0 2
7 Francis, Peter ? ? 0 1 23 11 12 4 0 1 2
10 Gepp, Tim ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 3 0 2 1
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 2 1 20 14 6 8 1 2 0
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 25 16 9 5 0 1 1
34 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 7 0 1 2
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 7 31 4 5
6 Palm, David ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 1
24 Peart, Neil ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 5 0 2 1
35 Pickering, Michael ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
17 Rioli, Maurice ? ? 1 0 16 9 7 1 0 2 1
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 1 1 9 6 3 3 8 3 1
22 Rowlings, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 2 0 1 2
32 Stewart, Craig ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 3 1 4 1
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 3 0 3 0
21 Taylor, Brian ? ? 4 4 12 10 2 9 0 1 4
12 Wall, Matthew ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 0 0 3 1
16 Walsh, Phil ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 5 0 4 4
31 Welsh, Peter ? ? 2 0 9 7 2 4 0 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 10 307 203 104 76 41 38 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