1973 VFL Season: Carlton

Season Team Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Team: Carlton
Home Ground: Princes Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 15-0-7, P%: 126.6%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): David McKay (17)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Brian Walsh (56)
John Nicholls Medal Recipient(s): Peter Jones

Team Leaders

Captain(s): John Nicholls

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Armstrong, Barry #12 21 R01-R05, R09-R22, QF, SF 25
Ashman, Rod #14 9 R05-R06, R09, R16-R21 3
Austin, Rod #21 9 R07-R08, R14, R17-R21, SF 0
Byrne, Ray #26 16 R02-R06, R11-R14, R17-R18, R21-R22, QF, SF, GF 1
Catoggio, Vin #4 3 R07-R08, GF 1
Chandler, Neil #22 22 R01-R17, R19-R20, R22, QF, GF 13
Crane, Gary #6 19 R06-R13, R15-R22, QF, SF, GF 3
Crosswell, Brent #17 20 R01-R13, R19-R22, QF, SF, GF 0
Davis, Craig #23 5 R14, R22, QF, SF, GF 9
Dickson, David #27 24 R01-R16, R18-R22, QF, SF, GF 6
Doull, Bruce #11 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, GF 1
Fyffe, Peter #24 2 R04-R05 0
Hall, Kevin #3 15 R02-R06, R12-R16, R21-R22, QF, SF, GF 3
Hall, Peter #31 20 R01-R16, R18, R20-R22 5
Hurst, Paul #33 12 R01-R04, R06, R10-R11, R16-R20 0
Jackson, Syd #5 14 R06-R13, R16-R21 14
Jesaulenko, Alex #25 21 R01-R04, R07-R10, R13-R22, QF, SF, GF 27
Jones, Peter #28 23 R02, R04-R22, QF, SF, GF 18
Kennedy, Greg #16 11 R01-R08, R11-R13 30
Keogh, Trevor #8 24 R01-R22, QF, SF 22
Lukas, Andrew #34 2 R09-R10 0
McKay, David #43 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, GF 37
Nicholls, John #2 22 R01, R03-R10, R12-R15, R17-R22, QF, SF, GF 47
O'Connell, John #19 17 R01-R16, GF 0
Pascoe, Eric #13 7 R01, R05-R06, R11-R12, R16-R17 1
Pinnell, Phillip #15 10 R14-R20, QF, SF, GF 0
Quirk, Bryan #32 12 R01-R03, R10-R11, R14-R15, R21-R22, QF, SF, GF 2
Robertson, Ian #34 1 R01 1
Southby, Geoff #20 22 R01-R05, R07-R09, R12-R22, QF, SF, GF 1
Styles, Lance #35 2 R14-R15 0
Waite, Vin #30 18 R01-R03, R07-R11, R15, R17-R22, QF, SF, GF 0
Walls, Robert #42 24 R01-R13, R15-R22, QF, SF, GF 47
Walsh, Brian #18 23 R01-R19, R22, QF, SF, GF 60

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Nicholls, John 25 17 -0- 8 R01-R22, QF, SF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
07/04/1973 Round 1 Geelong AWAY WIN CAR by 56 John Nicholls John Nicholls
14/04/1973 Round 2 North Melbourne HOME WIN CAR by 27 John Nicholls Robert Walls
23/04/1973 Round 3 Melbourne AWAY WIN CAR by 7 John Nicholls John Nicholls
28/04/1973 Round 4 Hawthorn HOME WIN CAR by 12 John Nicholls John Nicholls
05/05/1973 Round 5 Fitzroy HOME WIN CAR by 37 John Nicholls John Nicholls
12/05/1973 Round 6 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 26 John Nicholls John Nicholls
19/05/1973 Round 7 Collingwood HOME WIN CAR by 59 John Nicholls John Nicholls
26/05/1973 Round 8 South Melbourne AWAY WIN CAR by 79 John Nicholls John Nicholls
04/06/1973 Round 9 Essendon HOME WIN CAR by 41 John Nicholls John Nicholls
09/06/1973 Round 10 Footscray HOME WIN CAR by 26 John Nicholls John Nicholls
16/06/1973 Round 11 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 24 John Nicholls Robert Walls
23/06/1973 Round 12 Geelong HOME WIN CAR by 47 John Nicholls John Nicholls
30/06/1973 Round 13 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 8 John Nicholls John Nicholls
07/07/1973 Round 14 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 22 John Nicholls John Nicholls
14/07/1973 Round 15 Melbourne HOME WIN CAR by 41 John Nicholls John Nicholls
21/07/1973 Round 16 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 11 John Nicholls Robert Walls
28/07/1973 Round 17 Richmond HOME WIN CAR by 26 John Nicholls John Nicholls
04/08/1973 Round 18 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 15 John Nicholls John Nicholls
11/08/1973 Round 19 South Melbourne HOME WIN CAR by 57 John Nicholls John Nicholls
18/08/1973 Round 20 Essendon AWAY WIN CAR by 44 John Nicholls John Nicholls
25/08/1973 Round 21 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 9 John Nicholls John Nicholls
01/09/1973 Round 22 St Kilda HOME WIN CAR by 48 John Nicholls John Nicholls
08/09/1973 Qualifying Final Richmond AWAY WIN CAR by 20 John Nicholls John Nicholls
15/09/1973 Semi Final Collingwood AWAY WIN CAR by 20 John Nicholls John Nicholls
29/09/1973 Grand Final Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 30 John Nicholls John Nicholls