1973 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 10th (W-D-L: 7-0-15, P%: 91.8%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 37
Brownlow Leader(s): Greg Wells (16)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Ross Brewer (32)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Carl Ditterich

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Stan Alves
Vice-Captain(s): Gary Hardeman

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Alves, Stan #15 22 R01-R22 29
Biffin, Ray #19 22 R01-R22 5
Bourke, Barry #14 21 R01-R16, R18-R22 0
Brewer, Ross #27 18 R01-R17, R21 32
Callery, Paul #35 22 R01-R22 28
Chamberlain, Neil #54 3 R20-R22 3
Clark, Denis #17 14 R01, R06-R18 3
Clennett, John #5 8 R03-R04, R06, R11-R12, R15, R21-R22 3
Collins, Mike #12 2 R01, R08 1
Cumming, John #40 4 R02, R16-R18 0
Davis, Frank #6 18 R02-R11, R13, R15-R16, R18-R22 1
Delmenico, Wayne #24 7 R05-R07, R09, R20-R22 1
Dilnot, Peter #39 4 R06-R09 3
Ditterich, Carl #10 22 R01-R22 5
Dullard, Anthony #28 3 R19-R21 5
Fitzsimmons, Shane #23 14 R02-R04, R09-R17, R19-R20 2
Flower, Robert #2 13 R10-R22 4
Giampaolo, Frank #43 3 R01-R03 4
Hardeman, Gary #33 21 R01-R05, R07-R22 6
Keenan, Peter #8 15 R01-R08, R14-R20 13
Kerley, Stephen #9 18 R01-R08, R11-R12, R14-R19, R21-R22 2
Leary, Noel #29 7 R01-R03, R10, R13-R14, R17 0
MacDonald, Greg #45 4 R19-R22 6
McGuinness, Ian #49 2 R09, R16 0
McSpeerin, Shane #20 4 R06-R07, R17-R18 5
Molloy, Graham #21 4 R02, R06-R07, R15 4
Morgan, John #42 4 R04-R06, R17 0
Osborne, Graham #7 21 R01-R16, R18-R22 13
Owens, Mal #34 3 R01, R05, R17 0
Parke, Greg #26 21 R01-R20, R22 21
Ritterman, Henry #22 9 R03-R05, R08, R10, R19-R22 5
Rollinson, Trevor #3 4 R04, R12-R14 0
Sullivan, Tony #4 21 R01, R03-R22 0
Swan, Glenn #36 13 R01-R02, R08-R14, R17-R19, R22 21
Tilbrook, Jim #18 21 R01-R16, R18-R22 24
Wells, Greg #11 21 R01-R05, R07-R22 20
Williamson, Peter #30 7 R05, R09-R13, R18 2

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)
Ridley, Ian 22 7 -0- 15 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
07/04/1973 Round 1 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 32 Ian Ridley Stan Alves
14/04/1973 Round 2 Hawthorn AWAY WIN MEL by 2 Ian Ridley Stan Alves
23/04/1973 Round 3 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 7 Ian Ridley Stan Alves
28/04/1973 Round 4 Fitzroy AWAY WIN MEL by 7 Ian Ridley Stan Alves
05/05/1973 Round 5 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 19 Ian Ridley Stan Alves
12/05/1973 Round 6 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 24 Ian Ridley Stan Alves
19/05/1973 Round 7 South Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 29 Ian Ridley Stan Alves
26/05/1973 Round 8 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 10 Ian Ridley Stan Alves
04/06/1973 Round 9 Footscray AWAY WIN MEL by 6 Ian Ridley Stan Alves
09/06/1973 Round 10 Geelong HOME WIN MEL by 58 Ian Ridley Stan Alves
16/06/1973 Round 11 North Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 9 Ian Ridley Stan Alves
23/06/1973 Round 12 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 26 Ian Ridley Stan Alves
30/06/1973 Round 13 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 7 Ian Ridley Stan Alves
07/07/1973 Round 14 Fitzroy HOME WIN MEL by 37 Ian Ridley Stan Alves
14/07/1973 Round 15 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 41 Ian Ridley Stan Alves
21/07/1973 Round 16 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 37 Ian Ridley Stan Alves
28/07/1973 Round 17 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 39 Ian Ridley Stan Alves
04/08/1973 Round 18 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 8 Ian Ridley Stan Alves
11/08/1973 Round 19 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 14 Ian Ridley Stan Alves
18/08/1973 Round 20 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 37 Ian Ridley Stan Alves
25/08/1973 Round 21 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 15 Ian Ridley Stan Alves
01/09/1973 Round 22 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 5 Ian Ridley Stan Alves