1973 VFL Season: Collingwood

Season Team Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Team: Collingwood
Home Ground: Victoria Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 19-0-3, P%: 125.5%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Richmond (Preliminary Final)
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Len Thompson (21)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Peter McKenna (84)
E. W. Copeland Trophy Recipient(s): Len Thompson

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Wayne Richardson

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Adamson, Lee #33 8 R17-R22, SF, PF 0
Atkinson, Alan #16 10 R12-R15, R19-R22, SF, PF 4
Beck, Greg #53 5 R19-R22, SF 5
Bisset, George #4 23 R01-R19, R21-R22, SF, PF 34
Britt, Con #27 7 R01-R07 0
Browne, Michael #32 5 R15, R17-R20 1
Clifford, Stephen #42 2 R18, R20 0
Clifton, Jeff #21 23 R01-R21, SF, PF 0
Coles, Henry #37 12 R01-R05, R09-R14, R20 18
Cranage, Paul #19 19 R01-R02, R06, R08-R15, R17-R22, SF, PF 0
Dean, Robert #26 22 R01-R17, R19-R21, SF, PF 2
Delahunty, Mike #7 10 R01-R08, R15-R16 2
Dunne, Ross #12 23 R01-R22, SF 18
Dunstan, Graeme #9 14 R01-R07, R09-R13, R16, R19 16
Foley, Kerry #35 2 R06, R08 0
Gott, Doug #34 19 R01-R13, R16, R18, R21-R22, SF, PF 8
Heard, Bob #15 18 R02-R04, R06-R11, R14, R17-R22, SF, PF 29
Holmes, Allan #40 9 R11-R17, R20, PF 2
Hyde, Robert #38 2 R08-R09 0
Jenkin, Graeme #14 18 R02-R08, R12-R18, R20, R22, SF, PF 10
Kaine, Laurie #11 1 R05 0
Kink, Rene #45 4 R19, R21-R22, PF 5
Manassa, Phil #31 13 R03-R07, R10-R14, R16, R22, PF 3
McKenna, Peter #6 20 R01-R03, R06-R18, R20-R22, SF 86
Morse, Colin #17 2 R01, R14 0
Oborne, Rod #8 24 R01-R22, SF, PF 39
O'Callaghan, Denis #29 21 R01, R04-R19, R21-R22, SF, PF 1
O'Sullivan, Danny #41 7 R09-R10, R12, R15-R18 0
Price, Barry #3 21 R01-R05, R08-R19, R21-R22, SF, PF 7
Reichman, Graeme #28 11 R01-R10, R12 4
Richardson, Max #18 23 R01-R11, R13-R22, SF, PF 26
Richardson, Wayne #1 23 R01-R05, R07-R22, SF, PF 18
Salmon, Daryl #24 23 R01-R11, R13-R22, SF, PF 0
Thompson, Len #2 23 R01-R05, R07-R22, SF, PF 22
Wearmouth, Ronnie #5 13 R06-R07, R11, R15-R22, SF, PF 5

Team Line-Up

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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)
Mann, Neil 24 19 -0- 5 R01-R22, SF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
07/04/1973 Round 1 South Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 76 Neil Mann Wayne Richardson
14/04/1973 Round 2 Footscray AWAY WIN COL by 20 Neil Mann Wayne Richardson
21/04/1973 Round 3 Geelong HOME WIN COL by 70 Neil Mann Wayne Richardson
25/04/1973 Round 4 St Kilda AWAY WIN COL by 70 Neil Mann Wayne Richardson
05/05/1973 Round 5 North Melbourne AWAY WIN COL by 11 Neil Mann Wayne Richardson
12/05/1973 Round 6 Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 24 Neil Mann unknown
19/05/1973 Round 7 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 59 Neil Mann Wayne Richardson
26/05/1973 Round 8 Fitzroy HOME WIN COL by 35 Neil Mann Wayne Richardson
04/06/1973 Round 9 Richmond AWAY WIN COL by 39 Neil Mann Wayne Richardson
09/06/1973 Round 10 Hawthorn AWAY WIN COL by 13 Neil Mann Wayne Richardson
16/06/1973 Round 11 Essendon HOME WIN COL by 42 Neil Mann Wayne Richardson
23/06/1973 Round 12 South Melbourne AWAY WIN COL by 22 Neil Mann Wayne Richardson
30/06/1973 Round 13 Footscray HOME WIN COL by 5 Neil Mann Wayne Richardson
07/07/1973 Round 14 St Kilda HOME WIN COL by 21 Neil Mann Wayne Richardson
14/07/1973 Round 15 Geelong AWAY WIN COL by 8 Neil Mann Wayne Richardson
21/07/1973 Round 16 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 5 Neil Mann Wayne Richardson
28/07/1973 Round 17 Melbourne AWAY WIN COL by 39 Neil Mann Wayne Richardson
04/08/1973 Round 18 Carlton HOME WIN COL by 15 Neil Mann Wayne Richardson
11/08/1973 Round 19 Fitzroy AWAY WIN COL by 45 Neil Mann Wayne Richardson
18/08/1973 Round 20 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 41 Neil Mann Wayne Richardson
25/08/1973 Round 21 Hawthorn HOME WIN COL by 18 Neil Mann Wayne Richardson
01/09/1973 Round 22 Essendon AWAY WIN COL by 10 Neil Mann Wayne Richardson
15/09/1973 Semi Final Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 20 Neil Mann Wayne Richardson
22/09/1973 Preliminary Final Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 7 Neil Mann Wayne Richardson