1998 AFL Season Round 7: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 10 May 1998 between Richmond and Melbourne during round seven of the 1998 season of the Australian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at the MCG. Matthew Knights captained the hosts. Todd Viney captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jeff Gieschen and the visitors were coached by Neale Daniher.

Richmond (13.13.91) defeated Melbourne (7.7.49).

Match Details

Season: 1998 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 10 May 1998
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 46,217

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Melbourne
Score: 13.13.91 - 7.7.49

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 3 5 . 5 5 . 9 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Melbourne 1 . 1 3 . 3 6 . 7 7 . 7 7 . 7 (49)
Margin RICH by 20 RICH by 14 MELB by 4 RICH by 42 RICH by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Matthew Knights
Coach: Jeff Gieschen

Melbourne

Captain: Todd Viney
Coach: Neale Daniher

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coates (#6)
V. Sercia (#26)
G. Vernon (#2)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Ashley Prescott RICH 7 3
Darren Gaspar RICH 2 2
Matthew Knights RICH 33 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
11 Bowden, Joel ? ? 1 1 20 12 8 3 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 5
22 Bower, Nathan ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
9 Campbell, Wayne ? ? 0 1 34 18 16 5 1 5 9 0 1 0 3 6
10 Daffy, Nick ? ? 2 0 23 20 3 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 6
19 Evans, Brett ? ? 2 0 6 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2
25 Gale, Brendon ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 3 20 4 4 2 2 0 3 2
2 Gaspar, Darren ? ? 0 0 19 4 15 4 0 2 1 1 1 0 4 2
20 Harrison, Ben ? ? 2 0 23 14 9 4 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 4
16 Holland, Ben ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 3 4 3 1 4 0 3 0 4
39 Kellaway, Andrew ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 4 1 4 0 0 4 0 2 0
3 Kellaway, Duncan ? ? 0 0 13 4 9 3 0 7 2 1 2 2 1 1
33 Knights, Matthew (c) ? ? 0 0 30 12 18 6 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 6
36 Manfield, Matthew ? ? 1 1 7 4 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
8 Merenda, Mark ? ? 0 2 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
5 Ottens, Brad ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Powell, Robert ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 3 2
7 Prescott, Ashley ? ? 0 1 25 14 11 2 0 4 3 0 2 1 2 5
40 Proctor, Lionel ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Richardson, Matthew ? ? 3 2 16 11 5 8 0 2 0 5 1 3 0 4
4 Rogers, Matthew ? ? 0 0 24 21 3 2 0 2 5 0 1 1 2 5
29 Torney, Jason ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1
41 Turner, Scott ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 13 13 324 193 131 62 32 47 35 23 19 15 29 56

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
48 Bishop, Matthew ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
33 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 1 0 3 2 2 2 0 3 2
4 Grgic, Brent ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 2 1
15 Hopgood, Paul ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 2
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 4 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 0
16 Johnstone, Travis ? ? 1 2 12 10 2 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 3
36 Leoncelli, Andrew ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 9 0 3 5 2 1 4 3 7
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1
35 McDonald, Anthony ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 6 0 2 3 2 0 0 3 4
23 McDonald, James ? ? 1 1 9 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
43 Rigoni, Guy ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 2 0 3 4 1 0 1 1 5
24 Robertson, Russell ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
5 Schwarz, David ? ? 1 0 4 1 3 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
1 Shanahan, Jamie ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 6 0 0 2 1 4 0
29 Smith, Shaun ? ? 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
39 Smoker, Craig ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 2 15 0 6 1 1 0 2 1
12 Viney, Todd (c) ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 1 0 2 4 3 1 1 2 4
34 White, Jeff ? ? 0 1 13 4 9 5 13 0 3 1 0 3 1 3
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 1 0 23 16 7 3 0 3 5 2 3 0 8 0
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 7 7 261 173 88 50 31 36 43 19 15 19 38 40

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