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Melbourne vs Richmond Match Centre

Saturday 7-Jul-1956
Final Round 12
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
79 11.13
45 7.3
Richmond Coach: Max Oppy
Richmond logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 34 MEL by 34
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home 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 27 Dennis Jones — · Position unavailable 25 Don Williams — · Position unavailable 17 Geoff McGivern — · Position unavailable 5 Ian McLean — · Position unavailable 24 Ian Ridley — · Position unavailable 8 Jim Sandral — · Position unavailable 30 John Beckwith — · Position unavailable 19 Keith Carroll — · Position unavailable 38 Ken Melville — · Position unavailable 11 Laurie Mithen — · Position unavailable 3 Peter Marquis — · Position unavailable 34 Ralph Lane — · Position unavailable 31 Ron Barassi — · Position unavailable 12 Stuart Spencer — · Position unavailable 14 Trevor Johnson — · Position unavailable
Away 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 26 Col Saddington — · Position unavailable 15 Des Rowe — · Position unavailable 23 Frank Dunin — · Position unavailable 8 Frank Ryan — · Position unavailable 3 Havel Rowe — · Position unavailable 34 John Claxton — · Position unavailable 20 Ken Ward — · Position unavailable 6 Laurie Sharp — · Position unavailable 38 Peter Morris — · Position unavailable 16 Ray McGaw — · Position unavailable 24 Ray Poulter — · Position unavailable 29 Ron Branton — · Position unavailable 14 Ron McDonald — · Position unavailable 22 Stan Morcom — · Position unavailable 11 Tom Simpson — · Position unavailable 10 Vic Naismith — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL1.63.34.33.179
RIC2.01.12.02.245

Match Leaders

Goals
2
4 tied leaders
Athol WebbMEL
Behinds
Not available yet
SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELRIC

Scoring / Attack

11Goals7
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Richmond by 34 points, 79–45.

Melbourne extended a 29-point three-quarter-time lead with a 19–14 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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