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Richmond vs Melbourne

Scoreboard | Match statistics

Round: 1   Venue: Punt Road   Date: Sat, 14-04-1956 2:15 pm   Crowd: 25,000  
Richmond 2.1.134.4.285.4.348.7.55 C:  Max Oppy
Melbourne 4.6.306.8.4410.14.7412.16.88 C:  Norm Smith
  MELB by 17MELB by 16MELB by 40MELB by 33  

Match stats

Richmond Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
29 Branton, Ron 0 22y 309d 53 83
33 Cations, Allan 0 23y 187d 65 8
34 Claxton, John 1 21y 162d 4 3
7 Cooke, Allan 0 26y 5d 94 53
35 Davie, Brian 0 21y 227d 46 27
17 Dummett, Bob 0 20y 194d 16 39
25 Flannagan, Charlie 0 22y 173d 2 0
18 Hafey, Tom 0 24y 253d 31 9
39 Jenkins, John 0 20y 54d 5 1
14 McDonald, Ron 1 22y 246d 16 23
12 McGown, Ken 0 20y 23d 11 0
38 Morris, Peter 2 22y 263d 7 8
1 Nix, John 0 24y 111d 89 17
24 Poulter, Ray 2 27y 35d 155 322
15 Rowe, Des 0 30y 147d 144 23
3 Rowe, Havel 0 27y 342d 106 42
8 Ryan, Frank 0 23y 349d 42 2
6 Sharp, Laurie 0 20y 233d 15 6
19 Spring, Geoff 0 30y 360d 143 62
2 Wright, Roy 2 27y 51d 144 94
  Rushed   7  
  Totals         8 7         24y 21d 1188 822
Melbourne Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
31 Barassi, Ron 2 20y 47d 40 32
30 Beckwith, John 0 23y 211d 83 19
19 Carroll, Keith 0 25y 20d 20 0
7 Case, Geoff 0 20y 212d 41 11
1 Cordner, Denis 0 31y 291d 133 80
9 Dixon, Brian 0 19y 330d 25 9
28 Gleeson, Terry 0 22y 181d 17 6
18 Johnson, Bob 3 20y 316d 30 53
14 Johnson, Trevor 0 21y 80d 14 0
16 Laidlaw, Clyde 0 22y 139d 27 12
34 Lane, Ralph 1 26y 29d 55 8
17 McGivern, Geoff 0 25y 109d 93 53
5 McLean, Ian 0 26y 231d 69 8
35 McMahen, Noel 0 29y 167d 157 26
38 Melville, Ken 0 25y 63d 53 0
11 Mithen, Laurie 2 21y 365d 31 30
24 Ridley, Ian 1 22y 59d 18 33
12 Spencer, Stuart 3 24y 71d 104 107
15 Webb, Athol 0 20y 214d 9 14
25 Williams, Don 0 20y 163d 58 0
  Rushed   16  
  Totals         12 16         23y 183d 1077 501

Footnotes

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