1996 AFL Season Round 15: Melbourne v Richmond

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

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

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

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Neil Balme

Richmond

Captain: Brendon Gale
Coach: Robert Walls

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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