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Richmond vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 14-Apr-1956
Final Round 1
Richmond logo
Richmond Coach: Max Oppy
55 8.7
88 12.16
Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
Melbourne logo
Punt Rd Melbourne by 33 MEL by 33
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 17 Bob Dummett — · Position unavailable 35 Brian Davie — · Position unavailable 25 Charlie Flannagan — · Position unavailable 15 Des Rowe — · Position unavailable 8 Frank Ryan — · Position unavailable 19 Geoff Spring — · Position unavailable 3 Havel Rowe — · Position unavailable 34 John Claxton — · Position unavailable 39 John Jenkins — · Position unavailable 1 John Nix — · Position unavailable 12 Ken McGown — · Position unavailable 6 Laurie Sharp — · Position unavailable 38 Peter Morris — · Position unavailable 24 Ray Poulter — · Position unavailable 29 Ron Branton — · Position unavailable 14 Ron McDonald — · Position unavailable 2 Roy Wright — · Position unavailable 18 Tom Hafey — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

15 Athol Webb — · Position unavailable 18 Bob Johnson — · Position unavailable 9 Brian Dixon — · Position unavailable 16 Clyde Laidlaw — · Position unavailable 1 Denis Cordner — · Position unavailable 25 Don Williams — · Position unavailable 7 Geoff Case — · Position unavailable 17 Geoff McGivern — · Position unavailable 5 Ian McLean — · Position unavailable 24 Ian Ridley — · Position unavailable 30 John Beckwith — · Position unavailable 19 Keith Carroll — · Position unavailable 38 Ken Melville — · Position unavailable 11 Laurie Mithen — · Position unavailable 35 Noel McMahen — · Position unavailable 34 Ralph Lane — · Position unavailable 31 Ron Barassi — · Position unavailable 12 Stuart Spencer — · Position unavailable 28 Terry Gleeson — · Position unavailable 14 Trevor Johnson — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
RIC2.12.31.03.355
MEL4.62.24.62.288

Match Leaders

Goals
3
2 tied leaders
Bob JohnsonMEL
Behinds
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Tackles
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Team Stats

RICMEL

Scoring / Attack

8Goals12
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Richmond by 33 points, 88–55.

Melbourne took a 40-point lead into the last quarter. Richmond cut that back to 33 by the final siren, scoring 21 points to 14 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. Period comparisons are included only when all recorded periods add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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