2000 AFL Round 1: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 March 2000 between Richmond and Melbourne during round 1 of the 2000 AFL season. Richmond hosted Melbourne at MCG. Matthew Knights captained the hosts. David Neitz captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Danny Frawley and the visitors were coached by Neale Daniher.

Richmond
M. Knights (capt.), J. Bowden, L. Cameron, W. Campbell, N. Daffy, M. Dragicevic, B. Gale, D. Gaspar, B. Harrison, B. Holland, A. James, A. Kellaway, D. Kellaway, C. King, M. Merenda, B. Ottens, M. Richardson, M. Rogers, J. Rombotis, C. Sampson, G. Tivendale, J. Torney

Melbourne
D. Neitz (capt.), C. Bruce, S. Chisholm, J. Cook, J. Farmer, S. Febey, B. Grgic, A. Ingerson, T. Johnstone, A. Leoncelli, A. McDonald, J. McDonald, A. Nicholson, S. Powell, G. Rigoni, R. Robertson, D. Schwarz, T. Simmonds, P. Walsh, J. White, S. Woewodin, A. Yze

Richmond (14.10.94) defeated Melbourne (13.14.92).

Goalkickers
Richmond: B. Holland (3), M. Richardson (3), M. Dragicevic (2), J. Bowden, D. Kellaway, M. Knights, M. Rogers, C. Sampson, J. Torney
Melbourne: J. Cook (2), J. Farmer (2), S. Febey (2), T. Johnstone (2), A. Yze (2), C. Bruce, B. Grgic, R. Robertson

As a result of this match, Richmond were then 8th on the ladder and Melbourne were then 9th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2000 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Wednesday 8 March 2000
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 41,648

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Melbourne
Score: 14.10.94 - 13.14.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 7 . 1 11 . 6 14 . 7 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Melbourne 4 . 3 6 . 6 10 . 9 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Margin RICH by 16 RICH by 30 RICH by 22 RICH by 2 RICH by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Danny Frawley (Richmond), Neale Daniher (Melbourne)
Captains: Matthew Knights (Richmond), David Neitz (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: A. Coates (#6), G. Dore (#19), M. McKenzie (#24)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Matthew Knights RICH 33 3
Brendon Gale RICH 25 2
Darren Gaspar RICH 2 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 15 9 6 2 0 0 1 3 1 2 1 4
15 Cameron, Leon ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 9 0
9 Campbell, Wayne ? ? 0 0 29 22 7 7 0 1 3 2 3 3 6 4
10 Daffy, Nick ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 3 0 4 10 3 2 1 2 7
7 Dragicevic, Marc ? ? 2 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2
25 Gale, Brendon ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 22 3 2 0 2 2 1 2
2 Gaspar, Darren ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 7 1 1 0 2 2 4 6 2
20 Harrison, Ben ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 2
16 Holland, Ben ? ? 3 1 14 11 3 5 1 3 1 1 3 1 0 3
23 James, Aaron ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
39 Kellaway, Andrew ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 2 1 3 2 3 2 0
3 Kellaway, Duncan ? ? 1 0 19 10 9 3 0 5 8 1 1 1 1 2
21 King, Clinton ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 4 1 0 2 0 1 3
33 Knights, Matthew (c) ? ? 1 0 23 15 8 3 0 2 6 3 3 2 0 3
8 Merenda, Mark ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0
5 Ottens, Brad ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 10 1 2 2 1 1 1 2
12 Richardson, Matthew ? ? 3 0 11 11 0 6 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 6
4 Rogers, Matthew ? ? 1 2 10 9 1 3 0 1 2 1 2 3 1 2
35 Rombotis, John ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
24 Sampson, Clay ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2
32 Tivendale, Greg ? ? 0 2 6 4 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 1
29 Torney, Jason ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 14 10 275 202 73 62 34 37 39 27 36 27 39 51

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
32 Bruce, Cameron ? ? 1 3 13 8 5 2 0 1 0 4 1 2 0 3
19 Chisholm, Scott ? ? 0 0 8 2 6 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 1
8 Cook, James ? ? 2 2 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
33 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 2 1 12 7 5 3 0 3 3 2 3 3 0 1
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 2 1 20 17 3 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 4
4 Grgic, Brent ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 4 1
16 Johnstone, Travis ? ? 2 0 15 10 5 3 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 7
36 Leoncelli, Andrew ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3
35 McDonald, Anthony ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 3 0 2 5 0 4 2 0 8
23 McDonald, James ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 2 0 4 0 3 2 4
9 Neitz, David (c) ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 3 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 1
44 Nicholson, Alistair ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 4 2 1 2 1 0 0 2 0
7 Powell, Stephen ? ? 0 1 24 15 9 1 0 2 5 2 1 3 3 7
43 Rigoni, Guy ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 3 0 1 3 3 1 1 1 4
24 Robertson, Russell ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3
5 Schwarz, David ? ? 0 4 14 11 3 3 3 4 2 1 3 4 0 5
46 Simmonds, Troy ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 0
42 Walsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 1 0 2 0 4 2 1
34 White, Jeff ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 6 24 5 3 2 5 2 1 2
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 3 3 1 1 0 4 2
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 2 0 17 14 3 4 0 0 3 3 0 3 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 13 14 272 183 89 59 33 28 37 39 27 36 31 62

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