1986 VFL Season Round 1: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 29 March 1986 between Richmond and Melbourne during round one of the 1986 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at the MCG. Mark Lee captained the hosts. Robert Flower captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tony Jewell and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Richmond (19.14.128) were defeated by Melbourne (20.18.138).

Match Details

Season: 1986 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 29 March 1986
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 25,219

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Melbourne
Score: 19.14.128 - 20.18.138

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 7 8 . 13 14 . 13 19 . 14 19 . 14 (128)
Melbourne 3 . 4 11 . 10 14 . 16 20 . 18 20 . 18 (138)
Margin RICH by 9 MELB by 15 MELB by 3 MELB by 10 MELB by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Mark Lee
Coach: Tony Jewell

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Hinton
D. Howlett

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Phil Egan RICH 13 3
Alan Johnson MELB 9 2
Michael Roach RICH 8 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Annear, John ? ? 0 3 21 17 4 1 0 6 0
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 1 1 16 11 5 5 0 3 1
4 Eustice, Mark ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 0 0 1 2
7 Francis, Peter ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 4 0 2 1
40 James, Stephen ? ? 2 3 8 6 2 5 0 1 1
34 Landy, Graeme ? ? 2 0 15 10 5 5 0 2 2
1 Lee, Mark (c) ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 6 21 3 1
27 Lockman, Michael ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 2 0 1 0
15 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 2 1
6 Palm, David ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 1 0 2 0
24 Peart, Neil ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 1 2 0
35 Pickering, Michael ? ? 3 0 10 5 5 4 0 1 2
23 Poole, Trevor ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 3 1
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 6 3 10 9 1 8 1 0 1
10 Roberts, Michael ? ? 0 1 23 17 6 2 0 0 1
32 Stewart, Craig ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 8 2 1 0
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 0
37 Thornton, Ron ? ? 3 0 19 14 5 1 0 1 1
16 Walsh, Phil ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 0 1
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 1 0 18 10 8 2 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 14 284 197 87 65 25 33 19

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 0 0
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 0 1 24 18 6 1 0 3 1
23 Bourke, Daryl ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 1 0
35 Cox, Darryl ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 1
36 Fidge, Ted ? ? 4 4 12 12 0 8 0 1 0
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 5 0 1 0
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 2 2 9 7 2 4 0 1 3
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 2 0 6
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 1 27 22 5 2 0 2 3
38 Kol, Nigel ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 0 0 0 0
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 2 0 12 8 4 2 0 1 3
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 2 1 16 11 5 6 10 0 1
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 0 0 3 4
21 Reynolds, Michael ? ? 3 3 8 8 0 4 0 1 0
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 2 1 10 8 2 2 0 0 4
26 Rugolo, Joseph ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 1 2
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 1 0 0 0
41 Turner, Steve ? ? 2 0 11 4 7 1 5 0 3
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 3 0 2 2
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 1 1 11 9 2 1 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 20 18 249 187 62 51 17 19 33

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