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Melbourne vs Richmond Match Centre

Saturday 21-Aug-1971
Final Round 21
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Ian Ridley
102 15.12
123 19.9
Richmond Coach: Tom Hafey
Richmond logo
M.C.G. Richmond by 21 RIC by 21
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

4 Tony Sullivan — · Position unavailable 35 Paul Callery — · Position unavailable 11 Greg Wells — · Position unavailable 15 Stan Alves — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Bourke — · Position unavailable 28 Mike Collins — · Position unavailable 1 Max Walker — · Position unavailable 23 Peter Sinclair — · Position unavailable 24 Ross Dillon — · Position unavailable 7 Graham Osborne — · Position unavailable 6 Frank Davis — · Position unavailable 21 Graham Molloy — · Position unavailable 26 Greg Parke — · Position unavailable 18 John Tilbrook — · Position unavailable 22 Ray Carr — · Position unavailable 16 John Townsend — · Position unavailable 8 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable 37 Bruce Brown — · Position unavailable 5 John Gallus — · Position unavailable 54 Peter Williamson — · Position unavailable
Away team

Richmond

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

2 Ian Stewart — · Position unavailable 3 Roger Dean — · Position unavailable 29 Kevin Bartlett — · Position unavailable 8 Dick Clay — · Position unavailable 4 Royce Hart — · Position unavailable 30 Francis Bourke — · Position unavailable 24 Graeme Bond — · Position unavailable 19 Ray Boyanich — · Position unavailable 38 Kevin Morris — · Position unavailable 1 Daryl Cumming — · Position unavailable 17 Barry Richardson — · Position unavailable 37 Mike Green — · Position unavailable 9 Craig McKellar — · Position unavailable 10 Kevin Sheedy — · Position unavailable 5 Rex Hunt — · Position unavailable 15 Brian Roberts — · Position unavailable 16 Colin Beard — · Position unavailable 18 Greg Hollick — · Position unavailable 42 Grant Allford — · Position unavailable 40 Billy Brown — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL7.45.41.12.3102
RIC4.15.35.55.0123

Match Leaders

Goals
6
Barry RichardsonRIC
Behinds
3
Ray CarrMEL
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELRIC

Scoring / Attack

15Goals19
12Behinds8
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

264Disposals296
239Kicks239
25Handballs57

Clearance / Contest

22Hitouts30

Other

78Marks78

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Richmond beat Melbourne by 21 points, 123–102.

Richmond extended a 6-point three-quarter-time lead with a 30–15 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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