1973 VFL Season: Richmond

Season Team Details

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

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 17-0-5, P%: 117.6%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): Ian Stewart (17)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Ricky McLean (32)
Jack Dyer Medal Recipient(s): Kevin Bartlett

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Royce Hart

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Allford, Grant #42 10 R01-R02, R06-R09, R13-R14, R20, QF 0
Balme, Neil #21 13 R03-R05, R13-R15, R20-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 34
Barrot, Wes #28 2 R18, R22 0
Bartlett, Kevin #29 23 R01-R08, R12-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 31
Bond, Graeme #24 5 R03-R04, R06-R07, R09 1
Bourke, Francis #30 21 R01-R05, R07-R20, PF, GF 3
Carter, Noel #27 5 R10, R21-R22, PF, GF 3
Clay, Dick #8 25 R01-R13, R15-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 11
Cloke, Peter #41 1 R04 2
Cumming, Daryl #1 17 R05-R08, R11-R21, QF, SF 12
Dean, Roger #3 11 R03-R10, R13, R19, SF 8
Fowler, Laurie #11 22 R01-R05, R09, R11-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 7
Green, Mike #37 23 R01-R19, QF, SF, PF, GF 30
Hart, Royce #4 12 R01-R02, R05, R10, R14-R15, R21-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 32
Hewitt, Glynn #19 6 R08, R10, R15-R17, R19 2
Hunt, Rex #5 23 R03, R05-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 4
Jackson, Francis #34 5 R13-R14, R20-R22 0
Keane, Merv #40 21 R01-R02, R06, R08-R12, R14-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 1
Lamb, Robert #22 16 R05-R18, SF, PF 28
Leech, Eric #25 5 R01-R04, R07 0
McGhie, Robert #12 17 R01-R06, R09-R13, R21-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 0
McKellar, Craig #9 26 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 0
McLean, Ricky #31 14 R01-R03, R05-R09, R14-R15, R18-R20, QF 32
McMillan, Marty #14 7 R01-R04, R16-R17, R20 0
Morris, Kevin #38 20 R01-R09, R11-R12, R14, R16-R22, GF 28
Nalder, Bill #46 9 R06, R10-R12, R18-R22 2
Rae, Stephen #13 8 R06, R20-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 4
Richardson, Barry #17 1 R01 0
Roberts, Brian #15 26 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 15
Sheedy, Kevin #10 25 R01-R19, R21-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 20
Sproule, Paul #6 25 R01-R05, R07-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 29
Stewart, Ian #2 23 R02-R04, R07-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 16
Teasdale, Graham #20 6 R10-R13, R16-R17 16
Thompson, Murray #23 3 R09-R11 3
Walsh, Wayne #7 18 R01-R02, R04-R08, R11-R12, R15-R19, QF, SF, PF, GF 2
Wood, Bryan #16 26 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 10

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)
Hafey, Tom 26 20 -0- 6 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
07/04/1973 Round 1 Essendon AWAY WIN RIC by 2 Tom Hafey Royce Hart
14/04/1973 Round 2 Geelong HOME WIN RIC by 17 Tom Hafey Royce Hart
21/04/1973 Round 3 St Kilda AWAY WIN RIC by 29 Tom Hafey Kevin Bartlett
25/04/1973 Round 4 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 20 Tom Hafey Kevin Bartlett
05/05/1973 Round 5 Melbourne AWAY WIN RIC by 19 Tom Hafey Royce Hart
12/05/1973 Round 6 Carlton HOME WIN RIC by 26 Tom Hafey Kevin Bartlett
19/05/1973 Round 7 Fitzroy AWAY WIN RIC by 37 Tom Hafey Kevin Bartlett
26/05/1973 Round 8 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 37 Tom Hafey Kevin Bartlett
04/06/1973 Round 9 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 39 Tom Hafey Francis Bourke
09/06/1973 Round 10 South Melbourne AWAY WIN RIC by 30 Tom Hafey Royce Hart
16/06/1973 Round 11 Footscray AWAY WIN RIC by 51 Tom Hafey Francis Bourke
23/06/1973 Round 12 Essendon HOME WIN RIC by 16 Tom Hafey Kevin Bartlett
30/06/1973 Round 13 Geelong AWAY WIN RIC by 44 Tom Hafey Kevin Bartlett
07/07/1973 Round 14 North Melbourne AWAY WIN RIC by 39 Tom Hafey Royce Hart
14/07/1973 Round 15 St Kilda HOME WIN RIC by 13 Tom Hafey Royce Hart
21/07/1973 Round 16 Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 37 Tom Hafey Kevin Bartlett
28/07/1973 Round 17 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 26 Tom Hafey Kevin Bartlett
04/08/1973 Round 18 Fitzroy HOME WIN RIC by 12 Tom Hafey Kevin Bartlett
11/08/1973 Round 19 Hawthorn AWAY WIN RIC by 5 Tom Hafey Kevin Bartlett
18/08/1973 Round 20 Collingwood AWAY WIN RIC by 41 Tom Hafey Kevin Bartlett
25/08/1973 Round 21 South Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 49 Tom Hafey Royce Hart
01/09/1973 Round 22 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 1 Tom Hafey Royce Hart
08/09/1973 Qualifying Final Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 20 Tom Hafey Royce Hart
15/09/1973 Semi Final St Kilda HOME WIN RIC by 40 Tom Hafey Royce Hart
22/09/1973 Preliminary Final Collingwood AWAY WIN RIC by 7 Tom Hafey Royce Hart
29/09/1973 Grand Final Carlton AWAY WIN RIC by 30 Tom Hafey Royce Hart