1987 VFL Season Round 6: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 2 May 1987 between Melbourne and Richmond during round six of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Greg Healy captained the hosts. Mark Lee captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Tony Jewell.

Melbourne (16.14.110) defeated Richmond (9.15.69).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 2 May 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 18,482

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 16.14.110 - 9.15.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 5 8 . 7 15 . 9 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Richmond 1 . 3 3 . 5 6 . 9 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
Margin MELB by 20 MELB by 32 MELB by 54 MELB by 41 MELB by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Healy
Coach: John Northey

Richmond

Captain: Mark Lee
Coach: Tony Jewell

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Forster
I. Robinson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Warren Dean MELB 23 3
Brian Wilson MELB 7 2
Maurice Rioli RICH 27 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 0 0 1 2 2
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 1 1 30 19 11 4 0 0 3 3
23 Dean, Warren ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 8 0 2 1 1
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 1 1 12 9 3 5 0 0 2 2
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 0 0 0 2
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 4 0 3 1 2
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 7 0 0 4 0
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 1 19 17 2 9 0 3 2 1
39 Koop, Doug ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 6 0 0 0 0
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 3 2 15 13 2 4 3 2 0 0
32 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 1 1 6 4 2 5 14 1 1 0
19 Payne, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 1 0 0
35 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 0 0 2
42 Sparks, Bradley ? ? 2 0 12 12 0 6 0 3 0 1
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 7 0 3 1 2
41 Turner, Steve ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 0
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 4 0 4 4 0 3 1 1 0 0
15 Williams, David ? ? 2 4 14 12 2 7 0 1 0 0
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 1 0 30 17 13 12 0 1 2 2
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 2 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 16 14 301 232 69 97 20 24 20 20

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
31 Bower, Brendan ? ? 1 2 14 10 4 3 0 3 0 3
2 Burton, Chris ? ? 0 0 27 23 4 3 0 0 0 0
28 Czerkaski, Peter ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 1 0 19 12 7 11 0 1 0 0
4 Eustice, Mark ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 1 0 1 2 2
34 Hogg, Jeff ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0
40 James, Stephen ? ? 0 1 8 4 4 2 0 1 0 0
1 Lee, Mark (c) ? ? 0 2 17 11 6 8 14 0 1 2
11 Manton, John ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 5 0 0 2 0
7 Mitchell, Michael ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 2 0 1 2 0
25 Pastore, Tony ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 2 2 0
24 Peart, Neil ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
35 Pickering, Michael ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 0 0 2
23 Poole, Trevor ? ? 0 1 19 14 5 4 0 0 2 1
27 Rioli, Maurice ? ? 0 1 27 16 11 3 0 2 3 1
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 4 1 9 9 0 4 0 0 0 1
17 Smith, Craig ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 0 3 2
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 5 0 0 0 0
16 Wallace, Terry ? ? 1 4 28 21 7 3 0 3 2 4
5 Wilson, Peter ? ? 1 2 13 7 6 5 0 2 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 15 277 197 80 68 14 16 20 20

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