1990 AFL Round 8: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 19 May 1990 between Melbourne and Richmond during round 8 of the 1990 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Richmond at MCG. Brett Lovett captained the hosts. Dale Weightman captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Kevin Bartlett.

Melbourne
B. Lovett (capt.), D. Bennett, L. Beveridge, T. Campbell, S. Eishold, S. Febey, R. Grinter, D. Hughes, A. Lovell, G. Lovett, G. Lyon, S. Newport, A. Obst, E. Spalding, S. Stretch, J. Stynes, S. Tingay, J. Viney, T. Viney, G. Yeats

Richmond
D. Weightman (capt.), A. Banik, D. Cloke, B. Gale, A. Goodwin, G. Hamilton, J. Hogg, S. James, M. Knights, M. Lee, A. McKellar, M. Mitchell, T. Nichols, R. Nixon, J. Pickering, M. Pickering, T. Powell, D. Ryan, S. Ryan, B. Young

Melbourne (20.13.133) defeated Richmond (11.14.80).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: D. Bennett (6), T. Campbell (3), A. Lovell (3), S. Febey (2), D. Hughes (2), S. Newport (2), A. Obst, S. Tingay
Richmond: J. Hogg (5), B. Gale (2), D. Weightman (2), G. Hamilton, S. Ryan

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 1st on the ladder and Richmond were then 14th on the ladder (down from 13th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1990 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 19 May 1990
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 26,376

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 20.13.133 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 6 . 4 11 . 6 13 . 7 20 . 13 20 . 13 (133)
Richmond 3 . 5 5 . 7 10 . 11 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Margin MELB by 17 MELB by 35 MELB by 14 MELB by 53 MELB by 53
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Northey (Melbourne), Kevin Bartlett (Richmond)
Captains: Brett Lovett (Melbourne), Dale Weightman (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Carey, M. Viney

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Andy Lovell MELB 16 3
Brett Lovett MELB 17 2
Matthew Knights RICH 33 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
19 Bennett, Darren ? ? 6 3 10 10 0 9 0 2 0 2
24 Beveridge, Luke ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 0 1 0
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 3 2 16 8 8 4 0 2 1 1
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 2 0 2
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 2 1 21 15 6 4 0 0 1 3
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 1 1 1
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 2 0 7 4 3 0 1 1 1 1
16 Lovell, Andy ? ? 3 1 26 18 8 7 0 1 0 0
17 Lovett, Brett (c) ? ? 0 1 28 16 12 4 0 0 1 1
6 Lovett, Glenn ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 4 0 1 2 2
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 4 0 2 2 1
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 2 1 35 25 10 7 0 1 3 0
29 Obst, Andrew ? ? 1 1 18 9 9 1 1 3 1 3
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 5 2 0 0 1
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 3 2 0
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 5 12 1 6 1
15 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 1 0 20 13 7 4 0 2 0 2
26 Viney, Jay ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 0 3
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 0 0 1
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 27 19 8 4 0 2 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 20 13 341 222 119 73 16 26 23 26

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
45 Banik, Anthony ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 2 0 1 0 0
16 Cloke, David ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 5 2 1 2
25 Gale, Brendon ? ? 2 3 10 8 2 6 0 0 1 1
24 Goodwin, Andy ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 0 2
19 Hamilton, Greg ? ? 1 1 10 8 2 2 0 1 1 0
34 Hogg, Jeff ? ? 5 2 8 8 0 5 0 0 1 1
40 James, Stephen ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 5 0 1 3 1
33 Knights, Matthew ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 5 0 4 3 0
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 3 11 1 2 2
12 McKellar, Allan ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 3 0 0 0 0
7 Mitchell, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 2 1 1
22 Nichols, Trent ? ? 0 3 20 15 5 3 0 1 1 1
36 Nixon, Richard ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 1
2 Pickering, Justin ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 4 0 1 2 2
35 Pickering, Michael ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 5 0 3 3 2
21 Powell, Tim ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 1 0 1
32 Ryan, Des ? ? 0 2 8 4 4 2 0 1 0 1
48 Ryan, Stephen ? ? 1 1 29 19 10 12 1 1 2 3
3 Weightman, Dale (c) ? ? 2 0 20 8 12 0 0 6 2 2
53 Young, Barry ? ? 0 1 21 9 12 4 1 3 2 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 14 296 186 110 70 18 29 26 23

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