1973 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 12th (W-D-L: 4-0-18, P%: 79.0%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Peter Bedford (11)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Peter Bedford (52)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Peter Bedford

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Peter Bedford

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Aanensen, Vic #2 18 R01, R06-R22 14
Ball, Ray #31 16 R02, R08-R22 0
Baskin, Keith #4 4 R04, R06-R08 5
Bedford, Peter #11 19 R01-R08, R12-R22 52
Beecroft, Barry #8 20 R01-R07, R09-R11, R13-R22 1
Brice, Gary #7 14 R07-R10, R13-R22 10
Brown, Peter #32 10 R01-R06, R11-R12, R21-R22 1
Cook, Russell #17 17 R01-R05, R10-R12, R14-R22 7
Craighead, Geoff #30 7 R02-R04, R08, R10-R11, R22 0
Davis, Bruce #18 13 R01-R10, R13-R14, R19 4
Dempster, Graham #45 11 R01-R03, R13, R15-R16, R18-R22 0
Doyle, Robert #28 20 R01-R09, R12-R22 8
Ewin, Wayne #43 6 R07-R12 1
Gleeson, Reg #27 21 R01-R04, R06-R22 0
Goss, Norm #12 22 R01-R22 20
Gull, Stewart #34 14 R09-R22 29
Harley, Gary #44 2 R13, R19 0
Hodges, Russ #47 2 R11-R12 0
Hoffman, Steve #26 19 R01-R06, R08, R11-R22 22
Lambert, Greg #33 18 R02-R06, R09-R17, R19-R22 4
McAuliffe, Haydn #25 14 R01, R03-R10, R14-R18 6
McKew, Shane #35 1 R01 0
McLeish, David #29 16 R03-R18 0
Miller, Greg #5 5 R01-R05 0
Moore, Eric #22 7 R01-R04, R07-R09 9
Murphy, John #6 6 R01-R03, R05-R07 0
Norris, Michael #39 2 R07, R21 0
Obudzinski, Ted #38 2 R08-R09 0
Pitura, John #21 19 R01-R05, R07-R20 29
Prentice, Jim #19 22 R01-R22 27
Quade, Ricky #16 15 R04-R06, R10-R20, R22 14
Stibbard, Neville #41 10 R05-R06, R10-R12, R17-R18, R20-R22 7
Stibbard, Robert #42 6 R05-R07, R09, R20-R21 1
Thomson, Ian #20 20 R01-R02, R05-R22 2
Woodman, Brian #10 22 R01-R22 0

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)
John, Graeme 22 4 -0- 18 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
07/04/1973 Round 1 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 76 Graeme John Peter Bedford
14/04/1973 Round 2 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 37 Graeme John Peter Bedford
23/04/1973 Round 3 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 17 Graeme John Peter Bedford
28/04/1973 Round 4 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 32 Graeme John Peter Bedford
05/05/1973 Round 5 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 28 Graeme John Peter Bedford
12/05/1973 Round 6 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 44 Graeme John Peter Bedford
19/05/1973 Round 7 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 29 Graeme John Peter Bedford
26/05/1973 Round 8 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 79 Graeme John Peter Bedford
04/06/1973 Round 9 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 47 Graeme John unknown
09/06/1973 Round 10 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 30 Graeme John unknown
16/06/1973 Round 11 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 43 Graeme John unknown
23/06/1973 Round 12 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 22 Graeme John Peter Bedford
30/06/1973 Round 13 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 29 Graeme John Peter Bedford
07/07/1973 Round 14 Geelong HOME WIN SOU by 45 Graeme John Peter Bedford
14/07/1973 Round 15 Footscray AWAY WIN SOU by 62 Graeme John Peter Bedford
21/07/1973 Round 16 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 7 Graeme John Peter Bedford
28/07/1973 Round 17 North Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 39 Graeme John Peter Bedford
04/08/1973 Round 18 Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 8 Graeme John Peter Bedford
11/08/1973 Round 19 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 57 Graeme John Peter Bedford
18/08/1973 Round 20 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 4 Graeme John Peter Bedford
25/08/1973 Round 21 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 49 Graeme John Peter Bedford
01/09/1973 Round 22 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 37 Graeme John Peter Bedford