In the lead-up to the release of the 2019 AFL fixture, richmondfc.com.au is taking a concise historical look at the competition’s current main playing venues from a Yellow and Black perspective. Today our focus is firmly on Richmond’s home ground since 1965, the mighty MCG.

The MCG

Games played: 716

Won: 391

Lost: 317

Drawn: 8

First premiership season match: Round 10, 1908 v Melbourne (lost by 70 points).

Highest score: 31.25 (211) v St Kilda, Round 3, 1985 (won by 113 points).

Lowest score: 1.6 (12) v Melbourne, Round 10, 1908.

Biggest win: 151 points v Fitzroy, Round 21, 1996.

Biggest loss: 141 points v North Melbourne, Round 2, 1990.

Most individual goals in a match: 10 by Brian Taylor v Fitzroy, Round 12, 1982, 10 by Jeff Hogg v Collingwood, Round 8, 1991, 10 by Matthew Richardson v Western Bulldogs, Round 8, 2004 and 10 by Jack Riewoldt v West Coast, Round 12, 2010.

Most individual goals overall: 464 by Matthew Richardson.

Most disposals in a match: 46 by Robert Wiley v Carlton, Round 8, 1980.

Most marks in a match: 21 by Matthew Richardson v Fitzroy, Round 21, 1996 and v Hawthorn, Round 20, 2008.

Most individual games overall: 200 by Kevin Bartlett.

Most individual wins: 138 by Kevin Bartlett.

Major individual milestone matches: Kevin Bartlett’s 300^th game, Round 8, 1979 v Footscray, Kevin Bartlett’s 400^th game, Round 19, 1983 v Collingwood, Francis Bourke’s 250^th game, Round 8, 1979 v Footscray, Francis Bourke’s 300^th game, Round 14, 1981 v North Melbourne, Kevin Sheedy’s 200^th game, Round 19, 1976 v Melbourne, Kevin Sheedy’s 250^th game, Round 4, 1979 v Melbourne, Matthew Knights’ 200^th game, Round 6, 1999 v Essendon, Brendon Gale’s 200^th game, Round 20, 1999 v Western Bulldogs, Wayne Campbell’s 200^th game, Round 22, 2000 v Carlton, Wayne Campbell’s 250^th game, Round 3, 2003 v Fremantle, Jack Riewoldt’s 200^th game, Round 21, 2016 v Geelong.

Prominent player debuts: Roger Dean, Round 18, 1957 v Melbourne, Kevin Bartlett, Round 3, 1965 v St Kilda, Dick Clay, Round 2, 1966 v Footscray, Royce Hart, Round 1, 1967 v Essendon, Francis Bourke, Round 5, 1967 v Hawthorn, Kevin Sheedy, Round 3, 1967 v Fitzroy, Bryan Wood, Round 7, 1972 v North Melbourne, Jim Jess, Round 14, 1976 v Collingwood, Michael Roach, Round 8, 1977 v Footscray, Mark Lee, Round 18, 1977 v Essendon, Dale Weightman, Round 1, 1978 v Carlton, Matthew Knights, Round 18, 1988 v North Melbourne, Matthew Richardson, Round 7, 1993 v St Kilda, Duncan Kellaway, Round 7, 1993 v St Kilda, Shane Edwards, Round 4, 2007 v Western Bulldogs, Jack Riewoldt, Round 9, 2007 v Essendon, Trent Cotchin, Round 8, 2008 v Geelong, Dustin Martin, Round 1, 2010 v Carlton.

Finals at the venue: 63 (won 38, lost 25).

Other Tiger-related tidbits: Richmond strung together an outstanding 22-game winning streak at the home of AFL football from Round 14, 2017 v Carlton to the 2018 qualifying final v Hawthorn.