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Richmond vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 18-Apr-1953
Final Round 1
Richmond logo
Richmond Coach: Albert Pannam
73 11.7
67 9.13
Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
Melbourne logo
Punt Rd Richmond by 6 RIC by 6
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Richmond

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

33 Allan Cations — · Position unavailable 7 Allan Cooke — · Position unavailable 10 Bill Green — · Position unavailable 32 Bill Wilson — · Position unavailable 15 Des Rowe — · Position unavailable 8 Frank Ryan — · Position unavailable 17 Fred Clarke — · Position unavailable 19 Geoff Spring — · Position unavailable 37 Graham Cox — · Position unavailable 3 Havel Rowe — · Position unavailable 1 John Nix — · Position unavailable 5 Kevin Betson — · Position unavailable 30 Kevin Coppock — · Position unavailable 31 Kevin Dillon — · Position unavailable 14 Max Oppy — · Position unavailable 11 Peter Schofield — · Position unavailable 23 Ray Ednie — · Position unavailable 24 Ray Poulter — · Position unavailable 29 Ron Branton — · Position unavailable 2 Roy Wright — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

13 Alan Krause — · Position unavailable 32 Dale Anderson — · Position unavailable 1 Denis Cordner — · Position unavailable 17 Geoff McGivern — · Position unavailable 5 Ian McLean — · Position unavailable 33 Jack Thomson — · Position unavailable 11 Jim Wilson — · Position unavailable 30 John Beckwith — · Position unavailable 6 Ken Albiston — · Position unavailable 4 Ken Christie — · Position unavailable 38 Ken Melville — · Position unavailable 29 Lance Arnold — · Position unavailable 23 Leigh Gloury — · Position unavailable 9 Max Orr — · Position unavailable 18 Nevin Paynter — · Position unavailable 26 Noel Clarke — · Position unavailable 35 Noel McMahen — · Position unavailable 3 Peter Marquis — · Position unavailable 2 Robert McKenzie — · Position unavailable 12 Stuart Spencer — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
RIC3.21.25.22.173
MEL1.32.52.04.567

Match Leaders

Goals
3
Dale AndersonMEL
Behinds
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Tackles
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Team Stats

RICMEL

Scoring / Attack

11Goals9
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Richmond beat Melbourne by 6 points, 73–67.

Richmond took a 22-point lead into the last quarter. Melbourne cut that back to 6 by the final siren, scoring 29 points to 13 in the final term.

This match record does not include scoring sequence.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Quarter comparisons are included only when all four quarters add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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