1989 VFL Season Round 3: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 15 April 1989 between Richmond and Melbourne during round three of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at the MCG. Michael Pickering captained the hosts. Greg Healy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Bartlett and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Richmond (8.13.61) were defeated by Melbourne (18.14.122).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 15 April 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 32,582

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Melbourne
Score: 8.13.61 - 18.14.122

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 0 . 3 1 . 6 6 . 8 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Melbourne 3 . 4 9 . 6 13 . 10 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
Margin MELB by 19 MELB by 48 MELB by 44 MELB by 61 MELB by 61
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Michael Pickering
Coach: Kevin Bartlett

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Healy
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
M. Sneddon

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Earl Spalding MELB 5 3
Steven Stretch MELB 18 2
Allan McKellar RICH 12 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
31 Bower, Brendan ? ? 1 0 25 19 6 4 0 1 0 3
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 0 2 20 12 8 2 0 2 2 4
30 Free, Tony ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 2 0 3 0 3
24 Goodwin, Andy ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 2 2 1 3 2
52 Griffiths, Stuart ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 2 0 4 0 0
34 Hogg, Jeff ? ? 2 2 7 6 1 3 0 1 1 2
42 Honybun, David ? ? 1 1 11 9 2 5 3 0 0 2
38 Laffy, Michael ? ? 0 0 13 4 9 1 0 1 4 0
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 19 0 3 4
26 Leys, Brian ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 0 1 4 1
11 Manton, John ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 4 0 1 3 0
12 McKellar, Allan ? ? 0 1 30 15 15 5 0 1 4 1
7 Mitchell, Michael ? ? 0 0 18 6 12 3 0 2 1 2
22 Nichols, Trent ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
36 Nixon, Richard ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
35 Pickering, Michael (c) ? ? 1 1 24 14 10 7 0 2 4 2
23 Poole, Trevor ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 8 0 1 0 0
21 Powell, Tim ? ? 1 1 11 5 6 4 0 0 0 1
10 Pym, Chris ? ? 1 0 17 13 4 2 0 0 2 2
19 Wilson, Peter ? ? 1 1 23 17 6 4 1 2 3 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 8 13 299 191 108 60 25 24 34 30

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 2 2 23 18 5 2 1 0 2 1
19 Bennett, Darren ? ? 5 0 7 6 1 5 0 0 1 6
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
29 Chiron, Dean ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 2 1 21 15 6 6 0 1 2 1
28 Duursma, Jamie ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 1 3 1 0
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 4 1 1 1 3
37 Flintoff, David ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 4 0 2 2 0
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 0 0 21 11 10 3 1 1 1 0
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 4 0 1 2 1
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 5 1 0 3 0
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 8 0 0 1 0
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 5 0 0 1 1
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 1 1 17 12 5 4 0 1 3 3
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 11 0 2 1
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 2 0 1 1 2
30 Seow, Dannie ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 1 3 4
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 2 4 17 12 5 7 0 1 0 6
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 2 0 21 19 2 4 0 0 0 2
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 2 0 17 13 4 6 6 0 4 2
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 18 14 302 216 86 77 22 14 30 34

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