1973 VFL Season

Season Details

Name: 1973 VFL Season
Team(s): 12
Round(s): 22
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Match(es): 138

Season Results

Premiers: Richmond
Runners-Up: Carlton
Minor Premiers: Collingwood
Brownlow Medallist(s): Keith Greig (North Melbourne)
Coleman Medallist(s): Peter McKenna (Collingwood)

Team Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L & P%) Brownlow Leader(s) Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away)
Collingwood 1st 19 -0- 3 125.5% Len Thompson (21) Peter McKenna (84)
Richmond (P) 2nd 17 -0- 5 117.6% Ian Stewart (17) Ricky McLean (32)
Carlton (R) 3rd 15 -0- 7 126.6% David McKay (17) Brian Walsh (56)
Essendon 4th 13 -0- 9 104.4% Graham Moss (25) Alan Noonan (61)
St Kilda 5th 12 -0- 10 105.3% Barry Lawrence (10) Allan Davis (44)
North Melbourne 6th 11 -1- 10 97.6% Keith Greig (27) Doug Wade (73)
Hawthorn 7th 11 -0- 11 109.6% Leigh Matthews (23) Leigh Matthews (51)
Fitzroy 8th 9 -0- 13 90.7% Garry Wilson (14) Garry Wilson (43)
Footscray 9th 7 -1- 14 88.2% Gary Dempsey (15) Laurie Sandilands (34)
Melbourne 10th 7 -0- 15 91.8% Greg Wells (16) Ross Brewer (32)
Geelong 11th 6 -0- 16 78.4% David Clarke (13) David Clarke (45)
South Melbourne 12th 4 -0- 18 79.0% Peter Bedford (11) Peter Bedford (52)

Umpire Results

Umpire Position Umpire(s)
Field Umpire 11
Goal Umpire 4
Boundary Umpire 2

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/04/1973 2:10 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 66 - 98 44,787
SAT 07/04/1973 2:10 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 68 - 124 26,130
SAT 07/04/1973 2:10 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 127 - 129 28,659
SAT 07/04/1973 2:10 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 124 - 48 23,413
SAT 07/04/1973 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Junction Oval 137 - 87 14,988
SAT 07/04/1973 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 98 - 70 15,934

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/04/1973 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 98 - 100 13,336
SAT 14/04/1973 2:10 PM Richmond v Geelong MCG 127 - 110 29,655
SAT 14/04/1973 2:10 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 123 - 96 29,780
SAT 14/04/1973 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 109 - 146 16,260
SAT 14/04/1973 2:10 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Moorabbin Oval 128 - 71 23,162
SAT 14/04/1973 2:10 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 82 - 102 24,794

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/04/1973 2:10 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 149 - 79 24,042
SAT 21/04/1973 2:10 PM St Kilda v Richmond Moorabbin Oval 81 - 110 33,022
SAT 21/04/1973 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 84 - 78 18,704
MON 23/04/1973 2:10 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 75 - 82 49,439
MON 23/04/1973 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Essendon VFL Park 170 - 102 32,101
MON 23/04/1973 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 118 - 135 13,354

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
WED 25/04/1973 2:10 PM St Kilda v Collingwood VFL Park 60 - 130 49,699
WED 25/04/1973 2:10 PM Richmond v North Melbourne MCG 84 - 104 48,923
SAT 28/04/1973 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Junction Oval 87 - 94 16,101
SAT 28/04/1973 2:10 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Kardinia Park 118 - 86 14,739
SAT 28/04/1973 2:10 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 95 - 83 28,872
SAT 28/04/1973 2:10 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 67 - 115 25,314

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/05/1973 2:10 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 91 - 110 37,685
SAT 05/05/1973 2:10 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 122 - 106 19,007
SAT 05/05/1973 2:10 PM Carlton v Fitzroy VFL Park 105 - 68 19,665
SAT 05/05/1973 2:10 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 48 - 76 13,615
SAT 05/05/1973 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 98 - 109 27,048
SAT 05/05/1973 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 124 - 108 11,492

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/05/1973 2:10 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 100 - 76 23,214
SAT 12/05/1973 2:10 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 80 - 98 15,305
SAT 12/05/1973 2:10 PM Richmond v Carlton MCG 128 - 102 54,139
SAT 12/05/1973 2:10 PM St Kilda v Essendon Moorabbin Oval 121 - 140 23,130
SAT 12/05/1973 2:10 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne VFL Park 124 - 80 10,058
SAT 12/05/1973 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Junction Oval 107 - 85 10,706

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/05/1973 2:10 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 112 - 83 16,075
SAT 19/05/1973 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Glenferrie Oval 129 - 68 11,701
SAT 19/05/1973 2:10 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 119 - 60 43,260
SAT 19/05/1973 2:10 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 144 - 74 26,906
SAT 19/05/1973 2:10 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 93 - 90 14,953
SAT 19/05/1973 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Richmond VFL Park 80 - 117 19,538

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/05/1973 2:10 PM Melbourne v Essendon VFL Park 71 - 81 25,392
SAT 26/05/1973 2:10 PM St Kilda v Geelong Moorabbin Oval 106 - 60 15,114
SAT 26/05/1973 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 51 - 130 14,768
SAT 26/05/1973 2:10 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 103 - 68 20,822
SAT 26/05/1973 2:10 PM Richmond v Hawthorn MCG 82 - 119 32,613
SAT 26/05/1973 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 56 - 56 16,148

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
MON 04/06/1973 2:10 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 68 - 74 17,973
MON 04/06/1973 2:10 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 90 - 121 18,868
MON 04/06/1973 2:10 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 133 - 92 40,143
MON 04/06/1973 2:10 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Moorabbin Oval 78 - 64 22,521
MON 04/06/1973 2:10 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Junction Oval 104 - 57 10,119
MON 04/06/1973 2:10 PM Richmond v Collingwood VFL Park 66 - 105 56,023

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/06/1973 2:10 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 139 - 81 19,900
SAT 09/06/1973 2:10 PM Carlton v Footscray VFL Park 91 - 65 18,194
SAT 09/06/1973 2:10 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 107 - 97 16,632
SAT 09/06/1973 2:10 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 80 - 54 16,187
SAT 09/06/1973 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 62 - 92 10,725
SAT 09/06/1973 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 95 - 108 20,053

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/06/1973 2:10 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 90 - 81 32,951
SAT 16/06/1973 2:10 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 104 - 81 12,786
SAT 16/06/1973 2:10 PM St Kilda v Carlton Moorabbin Oval 91 - 67 25,081
SAT 16/06/1973 2:10 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 154 - 112 31,784
SAT 16/06/1973 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn VFL Park 76 - 119 9,413
SAT 16/06/1973 2:10 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 58 - 109 16,733

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/06/1973 2:10 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 80 - 54 23,262
SAT 23/06/1973 2:10 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 114 - 67 14,452
SAT 23/06/1973 2:10 PM Richmond v Essendon MCG 111 - 95 43,892
SAT 23/06/1973 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 77 - 99 12,484
SAT 23/06/1973 2:10 PM Footscray v Fitzroy VFL Park 75 - 89 7,016
SAT 23/06/1973 2:10 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 85 - 70 12,470

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/06/1973 2:10 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 105 - 112 25,787
SAT 30/06/1973 2:10 PM Geelong v Richmond VFL Park 89 - 133 13,219
SAT 30/06/1973 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 115 - 107 19,355
SAT 30/06/1973 2:10 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 139 - 110 13,042
SAT 30/06/1973 2:10 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Junction Oval 71 - 131 13,576
SAT 30/06/1973 2:10 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 95 - 90 18,253

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/07/1973 2:10 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 134 - 97 13,105
SAT 07/07/1973 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 123 - 78 9,681
SAT 07/07/1973 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 108 - 86 18,406
SAT 07/07/1973 2:10 PM Essendon v Footscray VFL Park 132 - 97 12,373
SAT 07/07/1973 2:10 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 103 - 82 25,432
SAT 07/07/1973 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 78 - 117 19,114

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/07/1973 2:10 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 122 - 81 21,476
SAT 14/07/1973 2:10 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 88 - 96 15,844
SAT 14/07/1973 2:10 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 151 - 116 22,437
SAT 14/07/1973 2:10 PM Richmond v St Kilda VFL Park 90 - 77 31,499
SAT 14/07/1973 2:10 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 79 - 141 11,115
SAT 14/07/1973 2:10 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Junction Oval 108 - 96 9,886

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/07/1973 2:10 PM Richmond v Melbourne MCG 110 - 73 30,492
SAT 21/07/1973 2:10 PM Geelong v Essendon Kardinia Park 82 - 81 16,746
SAT 21/07/1973 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Junction Oval 91 - 80 14,800
SAT 21/07/1973 2:10 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 100 - 93 17,454
SAT 21/07/1973 2:10 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne VFL Park 71 - 76 25,639
SAT 21/07/1973 2:10 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 45 - 65 10,987

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/07/1973 2:10 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 87 - 126 37,883
SAT 28/07/1973 2:10 PM Footscray v Geelong VFL Park 141 - 92 9,148
SAT 28/07/1973 2:10 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 107 - 81 28,954
SAT 28/07/1973 2:10 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 102 - 79 21,469
SAT 28/07/1973 2:10 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 130 - 91 14,447
SAT 28/07/1973 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Glenferrie Oval 100 - 63 12,477

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/08/1973 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne VFL Park 86 - 78 15,292
SAT 04/08/1973 2:10 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 95 - 94 13,546
SAT 04/08/1973 2:10 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 121 - 106 37,660
SAT 04/08/1973 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 91 - 94 21,071
SAT 04/08/1973 2:10 PM St Kilda v Footscray Moorabbin Oval 110 - 86 15,477
SAT 04/08/1973 2:10 PM Richmond v Fitzroy MCG 104 - 92 20,578

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/08/1973 2:10 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 115 - 101 18,008
SAT 11/08/1973 2:10 PM Geelong v St Kilda VFL Park 86 - 83 19,497
SAT 11/08/1973 2:10 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 137 - 80 22,387
SAT 11/08/1973 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Junction Oval 79 - 124 19,103
SAT 11/08/1973 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 77 - 82 20,376
SAT 11/08/1973 2:10 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 68 - 74 13,581

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/08/1973 2:10 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 73 - 110 12,561
SAT 18/08/1973 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 64 - 48 11,121
SAT 18/08/1973 2:10 PM Essendon v Carlton VFL Park 67 - 111 36,117
SAT 18/08/1973 2:10 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 77 - 98 17,042
SAT 18/08/1973 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 101 - 105 8,584
SAT 18/08/1973 2:10 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 59 - 100 28,286

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/08/1973 2:10 PM Geelong v Melbourne Kardinia Park 113 - 98 15,489
SAT 25/08/1973 2:10 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 75 - 66 18,988
SAT 25/08/1973 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Junction Oval 100 - 77 14,675
SAT 25/08/1973 2:10 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 114 - 96 29,257
SAT 25/08/1973 2:10 PM Richmond v South Melbourne MCG 143 - 94 24,307
SAT 25/08/1973 2:10 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn VFL Park 106 - 88 48,312

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/09/1973 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne VFL Park 71 - 66 9,411
SAT 01/09/1973 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Junction Oval 117 - 101 9,172
SAT 01/09/1973 2:10 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 135 - 87 22,824
SAT 01/09/1973 2:10 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 102 - 112 28,049
SAT 01/09/1973 2:10 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 116 - 79 9,932
SAT 01/09/1973 2:10 PM Richmond v Footscray MCG 76 - 77 24,671

Finals Week 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/09/1973 2:30 PM Essendon v St Kilda VFL Park 91 - 158 53,405

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/09/1973 2:30 PM Richmond v Carlton MCG 71 - 91 86,386

Finals Week 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/09/1973 2:30 PM Collingwood v Carlton VFL Park 87 - 107 60,072
SAT 15/09/1973 2:30 PM Richmond v St Kilda MCG 108 - 68 86,483

Finals Week 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/09/1973 2:30 PM Collingwood v Richmond MCG 98 - 105 98,652

Finals Week 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/09/1973 2:30 PM Carlton v Richmond MCG 86 - 116 116,956