1987 VFL Season Round 19: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 August 1987 between Richmond and Melbourne during round nineteen of the 1987 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 (15.10.100) were defeated by Melbourne (17.17.119).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 8 August 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 15,899

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Melbourne
Score: 15.10.100 - 17.17.119

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 6 . 3 12 . 6 14 . 6 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Melbourne 5 . 4 9 . 8 12 . 12 17 . 17 17 . 17 (119)
Margin RICH by 5 RICH by 16 RICH by 6 MELB by 19 MELB by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Mark Lee
Coach: Tony Jewell

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Forster
D. Rich

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Ricky Jackson MELB 45 3
Jim Jess RICH 20 2
Steven O'Dwyer MELB 32 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
31 Bower, Brendan ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 1 0 2 1 0
2 Burton, Chris ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 2 0 1 3 1
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 3 2 5 5 0 4 0 0 0 0
4 Eustice, Mark ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 0 1 2 1
34 Hogg, Jeff ? ? 1 1 6 3 3 1 0 0 0 0
40 James, Stephen ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 2 2 1
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 7 2 11 11 0 10 0 0 0 1
1 Lee, Mark (c) ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 3 0 4 1
11 Manton, John ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 5 0 0 0 2
7 Mitchell, Michael ? ? 0 1 13 4 9 2 0 3 0 0
36 Nixon, Richard ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 3 2 0 4 0
58 Notting, Dean ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
6 Palm, David ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 1 3 2
35 Pickering, Michael ? ? 0 0 27 15 12 11 0 1 0 2
23 Poole, Trevor ? ? 1 1 14 10 4 2 0 0 2 3
27 Rioli, Maurice ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 2 0 5 2 0
17 Smith, Craig ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 3 0 3 0 0
15 Thomson, Michael ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 0 0 1 2 0
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 0 1 23 14 9 1 0 1 1 0
5 Wilson, Peter ? ? 1 0 15 9 6 6 0 1 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 10 271 188 83 61 5 22 26 17

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 4 19 14 5 2 0 3 1 1
29 Chiron, Dean ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 0 0
23 Dean, Warren ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 0 1 4
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 1 2 20 18 2 7 0 2 0 1
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 2 0 1 3 1
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 2 1 24 15 9 4 0 0 1 2
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 0 0
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 4 2 25 16 9 1 0 2 0 2
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 2 21 15 6 3 0 2 3 0
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 4 0 20 14 6 6 0 1 1 1
32 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 5 10 2 1 4
35 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 1 1 0
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 7 0 1 0 0
37 Stynes, Jim ? ? 1 1 13 7 6 5 3 2 0 2
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 1 0 2 1 1
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 1 1 1 0
15 Williams, David ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 1
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 1 1 0 3 3
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 4 0 0 0 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 17 17 294 211 83 58 15 21 17 26

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