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Richmond vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 31-May-1997
Final Round 10
Richmond logo
Richmond Coach: Robert Walls
67 9.13
92 14.8
Melbourne Coach: Greg Hutchison
Melbourne logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 25 MEL by 25
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 21

17 Paul Broderick — · Position unavailable 9 Wayne Campbell — · Position unavailable 7 Ashley Prescott — · Position unavailable 2 Darren Gaspar — · Position unavailable 21 Paul Bulluss — · Position unavailable 3 Duncan Kellaway — · Position unavailable 1 Michael Gale — · Position unavailable 10 Nick Daffy — · Position unavailable 35 Chris Bond — · Position unavailable 13 Robert Powell — · Position unavailable 5 Jamie Tape — · Position unavailable 22 Nathan Bower — · Position unavailable 26 Trent Nichols — · Position unavailable 15 Justin Charles — · Position unavailable 41 Scott Turner — · Position unavailable 12 Matthew Richardson — · Position unavailable 25 Brendon Gale — · Position unavailable 27 Ross Funcke — · Position unavailable 6 Chris Naish — · Position unavailable 30 David Bourke — · Position unavailable 19 Brett Evans — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 21

12 Todd Viney — · Position unavailable 21 Steven Febey — · Position unavailable 35 Anthony McDonald — · Position unavailable 13 Adem Yze — · Position unavailable 11 Jim Stynes — · Position unavailable 22 Shane Woewodin — · Position unavailable 23 Alastair Clarkson — · Position unavailable 32 Damien Gaspar — · Position unavailable 16 Robert Pyman — · Position unavailable 33 Jeff Farmer — · Position unavailable 4 Andrew Obst — · Position unavailable 15 Paul Hopgood — · Position unavailable 17 Brett Lovett — · Position unavailable 1 Sean Charles — · Position unavailable 38 Darren OBrien — · Position unavailable 18 Craig Nettelbeck — · Position unavailable 3 Garry Lyon — · Position unavailable 36 Andrew Leoncelli — · Position unavailable 27 Anthony Ingerson — · Position unavailable 14 Leigh Newton — · Position unavailable 10 Marcus Seecamp — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
RIC3.54.62.00.267
MEL4.22.05.43.292

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Trent NicholsRIC
Behinds
3
Nick DaffyRIC
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Not available yet
Tackles
5
2 tied leaders
Duncan KellawayRIC

Team Stats

RICMEL

Scoring / Attack

9Goals14
11Behinds5
2Behinds Rushed4

Possession

239Disposals279
160Kicks197
79Handballs82

Clearance / Contest

33Tackles41
15Hitouts25

Other

54Marks69
12Frees For20
20Frees Against12

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Richmond by 25 points, 92–67.

Melbourne extended a 7-point three-quarter-time lead with a 20–2 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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