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Richmond vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 31-Aug-1968
Final Round 20
Richmond logo
Richmond Coach: Tom Hafey
129 18.21
80 12.8
Melbourne Coach: John Beckwith
Melbourne logo
M.C.G. Richmond by 49 RIC by 49
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

29 Kevin Bartlett — · Position unavailable 8 Dick Clay — · Position unavailable 30 Francis Bourke — · Position unavailable 11 Michael Bowden — · Position unavailable 40 Billy Brown — · Position unavailable 3 Roger Dean — · Position unavailable 39 Tony Jewell — · Position unavailable 48 Des McKenzie — · Position unavailable 9 John Northey — · Position unavailable 14 Ted Murphy — · Position unavailable 27 Graham Burgin — · Position unavailable 4 Royce Hart — · Position unavailable 10 Kevin Sheedy — · Position unavailable 25 Michael Patterson — · Position unavailable 37 Mike Green — · Position unavailable 20 George McInnes — · Position unavailable 17 Barry Richardson — · Position unavailable 1 Paddy Guinane — · Position unavailable 50 Derek Peardon — · Position unavailable 28 Geoff Strang — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

9 Brian Dixon — · Position unavailable 39 George Lakes — · Position unavailable 29 Hassa Mann — · Position unavailable 49 Graeme Aubrey — · Position unavailable 28 Derek Feldmann — · Position unavailable 22 Bryan Kenneally — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Bourke — · Position unavailable 31 Ray Groom — · Position unavailable 32 Barrie Vagg — · Position unavailable 8 Tassie Johnson — · Position unavailable 1 Max Walker — · Position unavailable 26 Greg Parke — · Position unavailable 6 Frank Davis — · Position unavailable 16 John Townsend — · Position unavailable 7 Graham Osborne — · Position unavailable 33 Gary Hardeman — · Position unavailable 34 Brent Jones — · Position unavailable 21 Ted Lees — · Position unavailable 2 Rob Dowsing — · Position unavailable 23 Brian Roet — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
RIC5.34.36.93.6129
MEL2.23.11.26.380

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Billy BrownRIC
Behinds
6
Kevin BartlettRIC
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Tackles
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Team Stats

RICMEL

Scoring / Attack

18Goals12
20Behinds8
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

330Disposals263
254Kicks229
76Handballs34

Clearance / Contest

54Hitouts35

Other

81Marks80

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Richmond beat Melbourne by 49 points, 129–80.

Richmond took a 64-point lead into the last quarter. Melbourne cut that back to 49 by the final siren, scoring 39 points to 24 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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