1996 AFL Round 15: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 14 July 1996 between Melbourne and Richmond during round 15 of the 1996 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Richmond at MCG. Brendon Gale captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neil Balme and the visitors were coached by Robert Walls.

Melbourne
A. Clarkson, J. Farmer, M. Febey, J. Hilton, P. Hopgood, A. Ingerson, D. Kowal, A. Lamprill, B. Lovett, G. Lovett, D. Neitz, C. Nettelbeck, D. O'Brien, A. Obst, M. Polley, M. Seecamp, S. Smith, J. Stynes, S. Tingay, C. Turley, T. Viney

Richmond
B. Gale (capt.), D. Bourke, N. Bower, P. Broderick, W. Campbell, J. Charles, N. Daffy, M. Gale, D. Gaspar, B. Holland, J. Howat, D. Kellaway, M. Knights, M. Merenda, C. Naish, R. Powell, A. Prescott, M. Richardson, M. Rogers, D. Ryan, J. Tape

Melbourne (12.9.81) were defeated by Richmond (18.19.127).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: D. Neitz (7), J. Farmer (2), D. O'Brien (2), P. Hopgood
Richmond: M. Richardson (6), N. Daffy (4), J. Charles (2), C. Naish (2), A. Prescott (2), B. Gale, J. Tape

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 13th on the ladder (down from 12th) and Richmond remained 8th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Sunday 14 July 1996
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 41,380

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 12.9.81 - 18.19.127

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne	2	.	1	7	.	4	9	.	7	12	.	9	12	.	9	(81)
Richmond	4	.	3	8	.	10	11	.	15	18	.	19	18	.	19	(127)
Margin	RICH by 14			RICH by 12			RICH by 20			RICH by 46			RICH by 46
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neil Balme (Melbourne), Robert Walls (Richmond)
Captains: unknown (Melbourne), Brendon Gale (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Howlett (#1), M. McKenzie (#24), M. Norden (#16)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Matthew Richardson	RICH	12	3
Matthew Rogers	RICH	4	2
Chris Naish	RICH	6	1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	FF	FA
23	Clarkson, Alastair	?	?	0	0	30	20	10	8	0	2	1	2
33	Farmer, Jeff	?	?	2	1	16	10	6	2	0	3	2	0
20	Febey, Matthew	?	?	0	1	21	14	7	9	0	3	1	1
22	Hilton, Jeff	?	?	0	1	7	3	4	2	0	1	2	0
15	Hopgood, Paul	?	?	1	0	19	11	8	2	0	1	0	1
27	Ingerson, Anthony	?	?	0	1	7	1	6	2	0	0	0	2
7	Kowal, Darren	?	?	0	0	21	8	13	2	0	1	2	1
37	Lamprill, Andrew	?	?	0	0	5	2	3	0	1	4	0	1
17	Lovett, Brett	?	?	0	0	12	3	9	3	0	0	0	1
6	Lovett, Glenn	?	?	0	0	23	10	13	1	0	3	1	2
9	Neitz, David	?	?	7	0	8	8	0	4	1	1	2	0
18	Nettelbeck, Craig	?	?	0	0	11	7	4	5	1	0	0	3
38	O'Brien, Darren	?	?	2	0	16	13	3	8	0	1	0	1
4	Obst, Andrew	?	?	0	0	8	1	7	2	0	0	0	0
14	Polley, Michael	?	?	0	1	8	2	6	2	0	2	0	3
10	Seecamp, Marcus	?	?	0	1	10	5	5	3	0	2	1	1
29	Smith, Shaun	?	?	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	0
11	Stynes, Jim	?	?	0	1	25	12	13	6	18	0	4	2
2	Tingay, Stephen	?	?	0	1	20	14	6	4	0	2	1	2
8	Turley, Craig	?	?	0	0	20	14	6	4	0	3	3	1
12	Viney, Todd	?	?	0	1	9	7	2	2	0	1	0	2
Rushed					0
Total (21 players)				12	9	298	167	131	72	21	30	22	26

Richmond

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	FF	FA
32	Bourke, David	?	?	0	0	5	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
22	Bower, Nathan	?	?	0	0	4	2	2	0	0	2	0	0
17	Broderick, Paul	?	?	0	0	22	16	6	0	0	4	3	0
9	Campbell, Wayne	?	?	0	1	16	14	2	4	0	1	1	0
15	Charles, Justin	?	?	2	0	11	7	4	3	12	5	3	7
10	Daffy, Nick	?	?	4	0	22	16	6	2	0	1	1	2
25	Gale, Brendon (c)	?	?	1	1	9	6	3	5	0	1	2	2
1	Gale, Michael	?	?	0	0	16	10	6	3	0	1	0	1
2	Gaspar, Darren	?	?	0	0	6	3	3	2	0	0	0	2
16	Holland, Ben	?	?	0	0	5	2	3	3	0	1	0	1
31	Howat, John	?	?	0	0	9	7	2	2	0	1	2	0
3	Kellaway, Duncan	?	?	0	0	15	12	3	2	2	3	4	2
33	Knights, Matthew	?	?	0	0	9	5	4	3	0	0	1	0
8	Merenda, Mark	?	?	0	0	13	12	1	2	0	0	1	1
6	Naish, Chris	?	?	2	1	19	13	6	3	0	3	3	1
13	Powell, Robert	?	?	0	5	16	12	4	2	0	2	2	0
7	Prescott, Ashley	?	?	2	0	24	18	6	5	0	2	0	0
12	Richardson, Matthew	?	?	6	4	16	12	4	10	0	0	1	1
4	Rogers, Matthew	?	?	0	1	24	18	6	7	0	1	2	0
37	Ryan, Damien	?	?	0	0	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	1
5	Tape, Jamie	?	?	1	0	14	8	6	4	0	4	0	1
Rushed					6
Total (21 players)				18	19	279	196	83	62	14	33	26	22

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

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