1984 VFL Season Round 22: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 1 September 1984 between Richmond and Melbourne during round twenty-two of the 1984 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 Mike Patterson and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Richmond (21.19.145) defeated Melbourne (18.9.117).

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 1 September 1984
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 21,565

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Melbourne
Score: 21.19.145 - 18.9.117

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 7 8 . 12 17 . 16 21 . 19 21 . 19 (145)
Melbourne 4 . 2 9 . 6 12 . 7 18 . 9 18 . 9 (117)
Margin MELB by 1 level RICH by 39 RICH by 28 RICH by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Barry Rowlings
Coach: Mike Patterson

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Bulluss
I. Clayton

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Barry Rowlings RICH 22 3
Maurice Rioli RICH 17 2
Geoff Ablett RICH 4 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Ablett, Geoff ? ? 1 1 20 16 4 4 0 2 3
5 Annear, John ? ? 1 2 37 21 16 8 0 3 1
43 Barling, Tim ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 3 0 4 1
7 Francis, Peter ? ? 1 0 18 13 5 2 0 2 0
26 Fuller, Robert ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 0 1 3
10 Gepp, Tim ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 2 2
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 2 2 13 10 3 5 3 1 0
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 1 4
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 1 19 10 9 6 32 2 6
38 Manton, John ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 2 1 2 1
6 Palm, David ? ? 0 0 15 4 11 5 0 1 4
35 Pickering, Michael ? ? 3 5 20 14 6 9 0 4 2
23 Poole, Trevor ? ? 3 2 14 11 3 6 0 0 1
17 Rioli, Maurice ? ? 1 0 32 18 14 4 0 2 3
22 Rowlings, Barry (c) ? ? 3 0 34 28 6 6 0 0 1
32 Stewart, Craig ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 6 1 0 1
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1
16 Walsh, Phil ? ? 2 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 1
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 3 5 14 13 1 5 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 21 19 329 215 114 81 37 28 36

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
28 Cordner, David ? ? 3 2 12 10 2 7 1 3 1
29 Dickson, Dale ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 1 0 0 2
56 Earley, Paul ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 1 0 3 1
14 Ellingworth, Roger ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 2 0
44 Fidge, John ? ? 5 1 16 12 4 9 1 0 2
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 0 0 17 6 11 4 0 3 1
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 1 22 20 2 9 0 3 3
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 8 0 0 3
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 2 1 25 18 7 6 0 4 0
58 Howard, Michael ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 1 0 3 1
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 0
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 0 2
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 27 15 12 7 0 1 1
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 1 0 21 13 8 5 15 7 3
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 1 0 20 13 7 1 0 0 2
43 Rugolo, Francesco ? ? 1 1 9 4 5 2 0 0 0
1 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 1 0
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 0 1 2 2
12 Williams, David ? ? 1 1 17 10 7 4 0 0 3
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 2 0 16 10 6 4 0 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 9 300 204 96 76 18 36 28

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