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Melbourne vs Richmond

Scoreboard | Match statistics

Round: 12   Venue: M.C.G.   Date: Sat, 07-07-1956 2:15 pm   Crowd: 26,872  
Melbourne 1.6.124.9.338.12.6011.13.79 C:  Norm Smith
Richmond 2.0.123.1.195.1.317.3.45 C:  Max Oppy
  Scores levelMELB by 14MELB by 29MELB by 34  

Match stats

Melbourne Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
31 Barassi, Ron 1 20y 131d 50 48
30 Beckwith, John 0 23y 295d 94 19
19 Carroll, Keith 0 25y 104d 31 0
1 Cordner, Denis 0 32y 9d 144 82
9 Dixon, Brian 1 20y 48d 33 12
18 Johnson, Bob 2 21y 34d 41 76
14 Johnson, Trevor 0 21y 164d 25 1
27 Jones, Dennis 1 19y 237d 2 1
16 Laidlaw, Clyde 0 22y 223d 38 16
34 Lane, Ralph 0 26y 113d 66 9
3 Marquis, Peter 0 24y 116d 62 4
17 McGivern, Geoff 0 25y 193d 100 53
5 McLean, Ian 0 26y 315d 77 9
38 Melville, Ken 0 25y 147d 63 0
11 Mithen, Laurie 1 22y 83d 40 35
24 Ridley, Ian 2 22y 143d 29 56
8 Sandral, Jim 0 23y 139d 8 1
12 Spencer, Stuart 1 2 24y 155d 114 121
15 Webb, Athol 2 20y 298d 20 30
25 Williams, Don 0 20y 247d 69 0
  Rushed   11  
  Totals         11 13         23y 160d 1106 573
Richmond Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
29 Branton, Ron 2 23y 27d 64 98
33 Cations, Allan 0 23y 271d 76 8
34 Claxton, John 1 21y 246d 9 9
7 Cooke, Allan 0 26y 89d 102 53
35 Davie, Brian 0 21y 311d 54 32
17 Dummett, Bob 1 20y 278d 24 59
23 Dunin, Frank 0 21y 8d 34 19
14 McDonald, Ron 0 22y 330d 27 27
16 McGaw, Ray 0 18y 278d 2 0
22 Morcom, Stan 0 20y 151d 27 4
38 Morris, Peter 0 22y 347d 18 23
10 Naismith, Vic 1 20y 67d 5 2
24 Poulter, Ray 1 27y 119d 164 340
15 Rowe, Des 0 30y 231d 154 23
3 Rowe, Havel 0 28y 60d 113 43
8 Ryan, Frank 0 24y 67d 52 2
26 Saddington, Col 1 19y 11d 8 1
6 Sharp, Laurie 0 20y 317d 25 10
11 Simpson, Tom 0 23y 92d 9 1
20 Ward, Ken 0 20y 281d 3 0
  Rushed   3  
  Totals         7 3         22y 325d 970 754

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.