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Richmond vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 31-Aug-1985
Final Round 22
Richmond logo
Richmond Coach: Paul Sproule
132 20.12
91 13.13
Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi
Melbourne logo
M.C.G. Richmond by 41 RIC by 41
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

22 Barry Rowlings — · Position unavailable 5 John Annear — · Position unavailable 34 Graeme Landy — · Position unavailable 17 Maurice Rioli — · Position unavailable 32 Craig Stewart — · Position unavailable 13 Phil Egan — · Position unavailable 4 Mark Eustice — · Position unavailable 2 Chris Burton — · Position unavailable 6 David Palm — · Position unavailable 35 Michael Pickering — · Position unavailable 3 Dale Weightman — · Position unavailable 19 Greg Strachan — · Position unavailable 51 Richard Geary — · Position unavailable 10 Tim Gepp — · Position unavailable 12 Matthew Wall — · Position unavailable 20 Jim Jess — · Position unavailable 40 Stephen James — · Position unavailable 28 Peter Czerkaski — · Position unavailable 7 Peter Francis — · Position unavailable 30 Michael McKenna — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

47 Alan Jarrott — · Position unavailable 28 David Cordner — · Position unavailable 3 Gerard Healy — · Position unavailable 33 Greg Healy — · Position unavailable 6 Michael OSullivan — · Position unavailable 22 Chris Connolly — · Position unavailable 9 Alan Johnson — · Position unavailable 21 Les Parish — · Position unavailable 16 Adrian Battiston — · Position unavailable 48 Stephen Newport — · Position unavailable 5 Robin White — · Position unavailable 15 Mark Withers — · Position unavailable 30 Peter Moore — · Position unavailable 32 Shane Zantuck — · Position unavailable 7 Brian Wilson — · Position unavailable 35 Darryl Cox — · Position unavailable 10 Danny Hughes — · Position unavailable 43 Paul Payne — · Position unavailable 37 David Allday — · Position unavailable 36 Ted Fidge — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
RIC6.48.31.15.4132
MEL1.42.34.36.391

Match Leaders

Goals
6
Stephen JamesRIC
Behinds
2
7 tied leaders
David PalmRIC
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Tackles
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Team Stats

RICMEL

Scoring / Attack

20Goals13
12Behinds9
4Behinds Rushed2

Possession

298Disposals302
207Kicks200
91Handballs102

Clearance / Contest

8Hitouts21

Other

77Marks62
24Frees For27
27Frees Against24

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Richmond beat Melbourne by 41 points, 132–91.

Richmond took a 46-point lead into the last quarter. Melbourne cut that back to 41 by the final siren, scoring 39 points to 34 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. 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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