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Richmond vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 8-Aug-1987
Final Round 19
Richmond logo
Richmond Coach: Tony Jewell
100 15.10
119 17.17
Melbourne Coach: John Northey
Melbourne logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 19 MEL by 19
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

35 Michael Pickering — · Position unavailable 2 Chris Burton — · Position unavailable 3 Dale Weightman — · Position unavailable 27 Maurice Rioli — · Position unavailable 17 Craig Smith — · Position unavailable 31 Brendan Bower — · Position unavailable 11 John Manton — · Position unavailable 5 Peter Wilson — · Position unavailable 15 Michael Thomson — · Position unavailable 23 Trevor Poole — · Position unavailable 1 Mark Lee — · Position unavailable 7 Michael Mitchell — · Position unavailable 20 Jim Jess — · Position unavailable 6 David Palm — · Position unavailable 36 Richard Nixon — · Position unavailable 40 Stephen James — · Position unavailable 4 Mark Eustice — · Position unavailable 34 Jeff Hogg — · Position unavailable 13 Phil Egan — · Position unavailable 58 Dean Notting — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

45 Ricky Jackson — · Position unavailable 33 Greg Healy — · Position unavailable 7 Brian Wilson — · Position unavailable 17 Brett Lovett — · Position unavailable 2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 8 Graeme Yeats — · Position unavailable 3 Garry Lyon — · Position unavailable 24 Bret Bailey — · Position unavailable 14 Rod Grinter — · Position unavailable 18 Steven Stretch — · Position unavailable 12 Todd Viney — · Position unavailable 27 Sean Wight — · Position unavailable 37 Jim Stynes — · Position unavailable 23 Warren Dean — · Position unavailable 32 Steven ODwyer — · Position unavailable 10 Danny Hughes — · Position unavailable 15 David Williams — · Position unavailable 29 Dean Chiron — · Position unavailable 35 Earl Spalding — · Position unavailable 25 Simon Eishold — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
RIC6.36.32.01.4100
MEL5.44.43.45.5119

Match Leaders

Goals
7
Jim JessRIC
Behinds
4
Bret BaileyMEL
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Not available yet
Tackles
5
Maurice RioliRIC

Team Stats

RICMEL

Scoring / Attack

15Goals17
9Behinds14
2Behinds Rushed4

Possession

271Disposals294
188Kicks211
83Handballs83

Clearance / Contest

22Tackles21
5Hitouts15

Other

61Marks58
26Frees For17
17Frees Against26

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Richmond by 19 points, 119–100.

Melbourne came from 6 points down at three-quarter time, outscoring Richmond 35–10 in the final term to take the win.

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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