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Melbourne vs Richmond Match Centre

Saturday 22-Jul-1978
Final Round 16
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Dennis Jones
93 14.9
121 17.19
Richmond Coach: Barry Richardson
Richmond logo
M.C.G. Richmond by 28 RIC by 28
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

13 Henry Coles — · Position unavailable 1 Garry Baker — · Position unavailable 11 Greg Wells — · Position unavailable 2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 20 Graham Gaunt — · Position unavailable 34 Tom Flower — · Position unavailable 36 Gary Cooke — · Position unavailable 17 Shane Grambeau — · Position unavailable 43 Greg Hutchison — · Position unavailable 29 Andrew Moir — · Position unavailable 23 Shane Fitzsimmons — · Position unavailable 18 Maurice Wingate — · Position unavailable 28 Anthony Dullard — · Position unavailable 19 Ray Biffin — · Position unavailable 49 Mick Rea — · Position unavailable 26 Mark McKeon — · Position unavailable 35 Steven Smith — · Position unavailable 7 Barry Denny — · Position unavailable 47 Paul Thompson — · Position unavailable 8 Peter Johnston — · Position unavailable
Away team

Richmond

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

4 Geoff Raines — · Position unavailable 29 Kevin Bartlett — · Position unavailable 36 Ian Scrimshaw — · Position unavailable 7 Mick Malthouse — · Position unavailable 11 Bruce Monteath — · Position unavailable 33 David Cloke — · Position unavailable 43 Dale Weightman — · Position unavailable 13 Greg Naylor — · Position unavailable 9 Glenn Dickson — · Position unavailable 18 Merv Keane — · Position unavailable 35 Peter Laughlin — · Position unavailable 14 Bruce Tempany — · Position unavailable 1 John Einsiedel — · Position unavailable 41 Mark Lee — · Position unavailable 19 Greg Strachan — · Position unavailable 10 Kevin Sheedy — · Position unavailable 20 Jim Jess — · Position unavailable 30 Francis Bourke — · Position unavailable 37 Noel Jenkinson — · Position unavailable 25 Eric Leech — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL6.12.12.44.393
RIC2.62.69.24.5121

Match Leaders

Goals
4
2 tied leaders
Henry ColesMEL
Behinds
4
Glenn DicksonRIC
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
Not available yet

Team Stats

MELRIC

Scoring / Attack

14Goals17
7Behinds18
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

282Disposals291
198Kicks218
84Handballs73

Clearance / Contest

17Hitouts44

Other

76Marks58

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Richmond beat Melbourne by 28 points, 121–93.

Richmond extended a 26-point three-quarter-time lead with a 29–27 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. 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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