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Richmond vs Melbourne Match Centre

Friday 14-Jul-2006
Final Round 15
Richmond logo
Richmond Coach: Terry Wallace
52 7.10
70 9.16
Melbourne Coach: Neale Daniher
Melbourne logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 18 MEL by 18
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

↑ Attacking this way
Home team

Richmond

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 22

11 Joel Bowden — · Position unavailable 16 Patrick Bowden — · Position unavailable 3 Brett Deledio — · Position unavailable 41 Nathan Foley — · Position unavailable 5 Troy Simmonds — · Position unavailable 39 Andrew Kellaway — · Position unavailable 4 Andrew Raines — · Position unavailable 32 Greg Tivendale — · Position unavailable 17 Kane Johnson — · Position unavailable 14 Dean Polo — · Position unavailable 15 Kayne Pettifer — · Position unavailable 35 Matt White — · Position unavailable 31 Chris Hyde — · Position unavailable 7 Nathan Brown — · Position unavailable 21 Shane Tuck — · Position unavailable 30 Richard Tambling — · Position unavailable 12 Matthew Richardson — · Position unavailable 26 Adam Pattison — · Position unavailable 25 Jay Schulz — · Position unavailable 27 Andrew Krakouer — · Position unavailable 40 Kelvin Moore — · Position unavailable 2 Darren Gaspar — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 22

23 James McDonald — · Position unavailable 30 Simon Godfrey — · Position unavailable 45 Matthew Whelan — · Position unavailable 24 Russell Robertson — · Position unavailable 13 Adem Yze — · Position unavailable 18 Brad Green — · Position unavailable 31 Paul Wheatley — · Position unavailable 41 Nathan Carroll — · Position unavailable 27 Jared Rivers — · Position unavailable 36 Aaron Davey — · Position unavailable 33 Byron Pickett — · Position unavailable 19 Clint Bartram — · Position unavailable 10 Daniel Ward — · Position unavailable 34 Jeff White — · Position unavailable 32 Cameron Bruce — · Position unavailable 16 Travis Johnstone — · Position unavailable 14 Lynden Dunn — · Position unavailable 4 Ben Holland — · Position unavailable 12 Colin Sylvia — · Position unavailable 17 Chris Johnson — · Position unavailable 9 David Neitz — · Position unavailable 40 Mark Jamar — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

2Q3Q4Q
Lynden DunnQ1 - 2:28 - Goal - 0-6 Troy SimmondsQ1 - 3:21 - Behind - 1-6 Byron PickettQ1 - 8:44 - Behind - 1-7 Jared RiversQ1 - 9:55 - Behind - 1-8 Kayne PettiferQ1 - 10:46 - Goal - 7-8 Cameron BruceQ1 - 14:12 - Behind - 7-9 Greg TivendaleQ1 - 21:58 - Behind - 8-9 Brad GreenQ1 - 23:49 - Behind - 8-10 Jay SchulzQ2 - 2:04 - Goal - 14-10 Jared RiversQ2 - 3:53 - Goal - 14-16 Matthew RichardsonQ2 - 4:51 - Behind - 15-16 Aaron DaveyQ2 - 6:48 - Goal - 15-22 Russell RobertsonQ2 - 8:23 - Behind - 15-23 Russell RobertsonQ2 - 13:09 - Goal - 15-29 Brad GreenQ2 - 14:50 - Behind - 15-30 Jared RiversQ2 - 16:00 - Behind - 15-31 Brad GreenQ2 - 19:12 - Behind - 15-32 Colin SylviaQ2 - 21:47 - Goal - 15-38 Simon GodfreyQ2 - 23:42 - Behind - 15-39 Dean PoloQ3 - 0:52 - Behind - 16-39 Russell RobertsonQ3 - 5:07 - Goal - 16-45 Richard TamblingQ3 - 7:36 - Behind - 17-45 Daniel WardQ3 - 8:48 - Goal - 17-51
RushedQ3 - 10:04 - Behind - 18-51
Brett DeledioQ3 - 12:00 - Behind - 19-51 Russell RobertsonQ3 - 12:58 - Goal - 19-57 David NeitzQ3 - 14:16 - Behind - 19-58 Russell RobertsonQ3 - 18:40 - Behind - 19-59 Andrew KellawayQ3 - 20:17 - Goal - 25-59 Lynden DunnQ3 - 22:41 - Behind - 25-60 Andrew KrakouerQ3 - 25:39 - Behind - 26-60 Troy SimmondsQ4 - 4:37 - Goal - 32-60 Russell RobertsonQ4 - 7:39 - Goal - 32-66 Russell RobertsonQ4 - 9:25 - Behind - 32-67 Matthew RichardsonQ4 - 11:31 - Goal - 38-67 Russell RobertsonQ4 - 12:59 - Behind - 38-68 Matthew RichardsonQ4 - 14:39 - Goal - 44-68
RushedQ4 - 17:00 - Behind - 45-68
Paul WheatleyQ4 - 18:50 - Behind - 45-69 Kayne PettiferQ4 - 20:15 - Behind - 46-69 Aaron DaveyQ4 - 25:44 - Behind - 46-70 Troy SimmondsQ4 - 26:46 - Goal - 52-70

Scoring Events

Most recent first
  • Troy SimmondsGoal
    4Q 26:4652-70
  • Aaron DaveyBehind
    4Q 25:4446-70
  • Kayne PettiferBehind
    4Q 20:1546-69
  • Paul WheatleyBehind
    4Q 18:5045-69
  • RushedBehind
    4Q 17:0045-68
  • Matthew RichardsonGoal
    4Q 14:3944-68
  • Russell RobertsonBehind
    4Q 12:5938-68
  • Matthew RichardsonGoal
    4Q 11:3138-67
  • Russell RobertsonBehind
    4Q 9:2532-67
  • Russell RobertsonGoal
    4Q 7:3932-66
  • Troy SimmondsGoal
    4Q 4:3732-60
  • Andrew KrakouerBehind
    3Q 25:3926-60
  • Lynden DunnBehind
    3Q 22:4125-60
  • Andrew KellawayGoal
    3Q 20:1725-59
  • Russell RobertsonBehind
    3Q 18:4019-59
  • David NeitzBehind
    3Q 14:1619-58
  • Russell RobertsonGoal
    3Q 12:5819-57
  • Brett DeledioBehind
    3Q 12:0019-51
  • RushedBehind
    3Q 10:0418-51
  • Daniel WardGoal
    3Q 8:4817-51
  • Richard TamblingBehind
    3Q 7:3617-45
  • Russell RobertsonGoal
    3Q 5:0716-45
  • Dean PoloBehind
    3Q 0:5216-39
  • Simon GodfreyBehind
    2Q 23:4215-39
  • Colin SylviaGoal
    2Q 21:4715-38
  • Brad GreenBehind
    2Q 19:1215-32
  • Jared RiversBehind
    2Q 16:0015-31
  • Brad GreenBehind
    2Q 14:5015-30
  • Russell RobertsonGoal
    2Q 13:0915-29
  • Russell RobertsonBehind
    2Q 8:2315-23
  • Aaron DaveyGoal
    2Q 6:4815-22
  • Matthew RichardsonBehind
    2Q 4:5115-16
  • Jared RiversGoal
    2Q 3:5314-16
  • Jay SchulzGoal
    2Q 2:0414-10
  • Brad GreenBehind
    1Q 23:498-10
  • Greg TivendaleBehind
    1Q 21:588-9
  • Cameron BruceBehind
    1Q 14:127-9
  • Kayne PettiferGoal
    1Q 10:467-8
  • Jared RiversBehind
    1Q 9:551-8
  • Byron PickettBehind
    1Q 8:441-7
  • Troy SimmondsBehind
    1Q 3:211-6
  • Lynden DunnGoal
    1Q 2:280-6

Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
RIC1.21.11.54.252
MEL1.44.53.31.470

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Russell RobertsonMEL
Behinds
4
Russell RobertsonMEL
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
6
James McDonaldMEL

Team Stats

RICMEL

Scoring / Attack

7Goals9
8Behinds16
49Inside 50s45
3Goal Assists3
14Marks Inside 5018
2Behinds Rushed5

Possession

299Disposals334
202Kicks230
97Handballs104
102Contested Possessions98
193Uncontested Possessions231

Clearance / Contest

18Clearances20
25Tackles43
9Hitouts21
9Contested Marks15

Other

124Marks145
16Frees For17
17Frees Against16
37Rebound 50s40
64Clangers49
35One Percenters44
26Bounces36

Match Summary

Biggest Lead
MEL 40 pts
Longest Unanswered Run
MEL 23 pts
Lead Changes
2
Score Ties
0

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Richmond by 18 points, 70–52.

Melbourne took a 34-point lead into the last quarter. Richmond cut that back to 18 by the final siren, scoring 26 points to 10 in the final term.

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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