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Melbourne vs Richmond Match Centre

Saturday 22-Jul-1972
Final Round 16
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Ian Ridley
84 11.18
123 19.9
Richmond Coach: Tom Hafey
Richmond logo
M.C.G. Richmond by 39 RIC by 39
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

16 John Townsend — · Position unavailable 11 Greg Wells — · Position unavailable 33 Gary Hardeman — · Position unavailable 35 Paul Callery — · Position unavailable 27 Ross Brewer — · Position unavailable 20 Laurie Queay — · Position unavailable 12 Mike Collins — · Position unavailable 41 Stephen Kerley — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Bourke — · Position unavailable 26 Greg Parke — · Position unavailable 15 Stan Alves — · Position unavailable 6 Frank Davis — · Position unavailable 21 Graham Molloy — · Position unavailable 8 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable 30 John Letcher — · Position unavailable 46 Geoff Harrold — · Position unavailable 5 John Gallus — · Position unavailable 7 Graham Osborne — · Position unavailable 34 John Clennett — · Position unavailable 45 Henry Ritterman — · Position unavailable
Away team

Richmond

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

3 Roger Dean — · Position unavailable 7 Wayne Walsh — · Position unavailable 4 Royce Hart — · Position unavailable 9 Craig McKellar — · Position unavailable 10 Kevin Sheedy — · Position unavailable 37 Bryan Wood — · Position unavailable 30 Francis Bourke — · Position unavailable 17 Barry Richardson — · Position unavailable 2 Ian Stewart — · Position unavailable 1 Daryl Cumming — · Position unavailable 24 Graeme Bond — · Position unavailable 38 Kevin Morris — · Position unavailable 19 Ray Boyanich — · Position unavailable 5 Rex Hunt — · Position unavailable 6 Paul Sproule — · Position unavailable 8 Dick Clay — · Position unavailable 42 Grant Allford — · Position unavailable 21 Neil Balme — · Position unavailable 43 Steve Hywood — · Position unavailable 40 Merv Keane — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL4.82.41.34.384
RIC3.15.26.25.4123

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Greg ParkeMEL
Behinds
4
Barry RichardsonRIC
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELRIC

Scoring / Attack

11Goals19
14Behinds8
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

266Disposals259
240Kicks223
26Handballs36

Clearance / Contest

26Hitouts19

Other

77Marks75

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Richmond beat Melbourne by 39 points, 123–84.

Richmond extended a 32-point three-quarter-time lead with a 34–27 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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