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Richmond vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 15-Apr-1989
Final Round 3
Richmond logo
Richmond Coach: Kevin Bartlett
61 8.13
122 18.14
Melbourne Coach: John Northey
Melbourne logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 61 MEL by 61
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

12 Allan McKellar — · Position unavailable 30 Tony Free — · Position unavailable 31 Brendan Bower — · Position unavailable 35 Michael Pickering — · Position unavailable 19 Peter Wilson — · Position unavailable 13 Phil Egan — · Position unavailable 23 Trevor Poole — · Position unavailable 7 Michael Mitchell — · Position unavailable 10 Chris Pym — · Position unavailable 11 John Manton — · Position unavailable 38 Michael Laffy — · Position unavailable 26 Brian Leys — · Position unavailable 42 David Honybun — · Position unavailable 24 Andy Goodwin — · Position unavailable 21 Tim Powell — · Position unavailable 52 Stuart Griffiths — · Position unavailable 34 Jeff Hogg — · Position unavailable 1 Mark Lee — · Position unavailable 36 Richard Nixon — · Position unavailable 22 Trent Nichols — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

24 Bret Bailey — · Position unavailable 37 David Flintoff — · Position unavailable 18 Steven Stretch — · Position unavailable 22 Chris Connolly — · Position unavailable 33 Greg Healy — · Position unavailable 41 Peter Rohde — · Position unavailable 3 Garry Lyon — · Position unavailable 9 Alan Johnson — · Position unavailable 17 Brett Lovett — · Position unavailable 11 Jim Stynes — · Position unavailable 5 Earl Spalding — · Position unavailable 34 Stephen Newport — · Position unavailable 28 Jamie Duursma — · Position unavailable 25 Simon Eishold — · Position unavailable 30 Dannie Seow — · Position unavailable 10 Danny Hughes — · Position unavailable 19 Darren Bennett — · Position unavailable 1 Steven ODwyer — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Campbell — · Position unavailable 29 Dean Chiron — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
RIC0.31.35.22.561
MEL3.46.24.45.4122

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Darren BennettMEL
Behinds
4
Earl SpaldingMEL
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Tackles
4
Stuart GriffithsRIC

Team Stats

RICMEL

Scoring / Attack

8Goals18
11Behinds9
1Behinds Rushed5

Possession

299Disposals302
191Kicks216
108Handballs86

Clearance / Contest

24Tackles14
25Hitouts22

Other

60Marks77
34Frees For30
30Frees Against34

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Richmond by 61 points, 122–61.

Melbourne extended a 44-point three-quarter-time lead with a 34–17 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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