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Melbourne vs Richmond Match Centre

Saturday 2-May-1987
Final Round 6
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: John Northey
110 16.14
69 9.15
Richmond Coach: Tony Jewell
Richmond logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 41 MEL by 41
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 Adrian Battiston — · Position unavailable 7 Brian Wilson — · Position unavailable 18 Steven Stretch — · Position unavailable 9 Alan Johnson — · Position unavailable 23 Warren Dean — · Position unavailable 10 Danny Hughes — · Position unavailable 14 Rod Grinter — · Position unavailable 8 Graeme Yeats — · Position unavailable 33 Greg Healy — · Position unavailable 3 Garry Lyon — · Position unavailable 15 David Williams — · Position unavailable 24 Bret Bailey — · Position unavailable 39 Doug Koop — · Position unavailable 42 Bradley Sparks — · Position unavailable 4 Peter Giles — · Position unavailable 35 Earl Spalding — · Position unavailable 19 Paul Payne — · Position unavailable 32 Steven ODwyer — · Position unavailable 27 Sean Wight — · Position unavailable 41 Steve Turner — · Position unavailable
Away team

Richmond

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

16 Terry Wallace — · Position unavailable 2 Chris Burton — · Position unavailable 27 Maurice Rioli — · Position unavailable 4 Mark Eustice — · Position unavailable 23 Trevor Poole — · Position unavailable 13 Phil Egan — · Position unavailable 1 Mark Lee — · Position unavailable 35 Michael Pickering — · Position unavailable 31 Brendan Bower — · Position unavailable 5 Peter Wilson — · Position unavailable 11 John Manton — · Position unavailable 17 Craig Smith — · Position unavailable 8 Michael Roach — · Position unavailable 19 Greg Strachan — · Position unavailable 7 Michael Mitchell — · Position unavailable 40 Stephen James — · Position unavailable 25 Anthony Pastore — · Position unavailable 34 Jeff Hogg — · Position unavailable 28 Peter Czerkaski — · Position unavailable 24 Neil Peart — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL4.54.27.21.5110
RIC1.32.23.43.669

Match Leaders

Goals
4
2 tied leaders
Sean WightMEL
Behinds
4
2 tied leaders
David WilliamsMEL
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Tackles
3
6 tied leaders
Steven StretchMEL

Team Stats

MELRIC

Scoring / Attack

16Goals9
11Behinds14
5Behinds Rushed1

Possession

301Disposals277
232Kicks197
69Handballs80

Clearance / Contest

24Tackles16
20Hitouts14

Other

97Marks68
20Frees For20
20Frees Against20

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Richmond by 41 points, 110–69.

Melbourne took a 54-point lead into the last quarter. Richmond cut that back to 41 by the final siren, scoring 24 points to 11 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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