1990 AFL Round 21: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 August 1990 between Richmond and Melbourne during round 21 of the 1990 AFL season. Richmond hosted Melbourne at Waverley Park. Dale Weightman captained the hosts. Brett Lovett captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Bartlett and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Richmond
D. Weightman (capt.), B. Bower, D. Cloke, M. Francis, T. Free, B. Gale, A. Goodwin, J. Hogg, D. Honybun, M. Knights, C. Lambert, M. Lee, S. Maxfield, M. Mitchell, T. Nichols, R. Nixon, M. Pickering, S. Ryan, C. Smith, B. Young

Melbourne
B. Lovett (capt.), T. Campbell, S. Eishold, S. Febey, R. Grinter, B. Heaver, J. Howat, R. Jackson, G. Lyon, M. Mahoney, S. Newport, A. Obst, P. Rohde, E. Spalding, S. Stretch, J. Stynes, S. Tingay, J. Viney, B. Wilson, G. Yeats

Richmond (7.8.50) were defeated by Melbourne (12.14.86).

Goalkickers
Richmond: M. Mitchell (2), D. Weightman (2), J. Hogg, D. Honybun, M. Knights
Melbourne: G. Lyon (4), S. Tingay (3), E. Spalding (2), S. Eishold, J. Howat, B. Wilson

As a result of this match, Richmond remained 12th on the ladder and Melbourne remained 4th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1990 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 25 August 1990
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Waverley Park
Attendance: 15,342

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Melbourne
Score: 7.8.50 - 12.14.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 1 5 . 1 7 . 4 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Melbourne 2 . 2 7 . 11 9 . 14 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Margin MELB by 1 MELB by 22 MELB by 22 MELB by 36 MELB by 36
Duration

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Bird, S. Harris

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Garry Lyon MELB 3 3
Earl Spalding MELB 5 2
Simon Eishold MELB 25 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
31 Bower, Brendan ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 2 0 3
16 Cloke, David ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 11 10 1 1 4
46 Francis, Matthew ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 7 0 0 3 5
30 Free, Tony ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 3 0 1 3 3
25 Gale, Brendon ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 4 0 1 3 4
24 Goodwin, Andy ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 2
34 Hogg, Jeff ? ? 1 3 11 9 2 1 0 0 1 2
42 Honybun, David ? ? 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1
33 Knights, Matthew ? ? 1 0 32 23 9 2 0 1 4 2
4 Lambert, Craig ? ? 0 0 19 7 12 1 0 1 1 1
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 5 2 0 3 6
27 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Mitchell, Michael ? ? 2 1 21 12 9 2 0 3 0 2
22 Nichols, Trent ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 2 0 1 1 1
36 Nixon, Richard ? ? 0 0 4 0 4 2 0 0 0 0
35 Pickering, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 1 0 2
48 Ryan, Stephen ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 0 1 1
17 Smith, Craig ? ? 0 2 12 7 5 1 0 1 0 2
3 Weightman, Dale (c) ? ? 2 0 28 19 9 6 0 2 3 0
53 Young, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 3 8 2 0 3 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 7 8 294 192 102 57 12 18 28 42

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 2 2 1
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 2 0 2 1 5
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 2 1 2
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 0 0 1
54 Heaver, Brent ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 3 0 0 0 0
28 Howat, John ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 6 0 4 2 2
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 0 2 19 13 6 2 0 2 1 1
17 Lovett, Brett (c) ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 4 0 3 3 1
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 4 0 21 15 6 6 2 5 3 3
46 Mahoney, Mathew ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 5 1 0 2 1
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 1 1 0
29 Obst, Andrew ? ? 0 3 21 15 6 4 0 1 7 0
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 1 1
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 2 2 16 14 2 5 2 0 3 2
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 3 0 2 1 2
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 7 9 0 3 3
15 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 3 2 18 17 1 2 0 4 4 0
26 Viney, Jay ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 2 1 0
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 3 0 0 3 1
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 4 0 1 3 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 12 14 296 229 67 68 14 31 42 28

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