1973 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured twenty-two rounds in a double round-robin format. Collingwood were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Five system. Richmond were the premiers, with Royce Hart as the premiership captain and Tom Hafey as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1973 VFL Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 22
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Matches: 138

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Princes Park John Nicholls
Collingwood Victoria Park Neil Mann
Essendon Windy Hill Des Tuddenham
Fitzroy Junction Oval Graham Donaldson Graham Campbell
Footscray Western Oval Bob Rose
Geelong Kardinia Park Graham Farmer
Hawthorn Glenferrie Oval John Kennedy Roy Simmonds
Melbourne MCG Ian Ridley
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Ron Barassi
Richmond MCG Tom Hafey
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Graeme John
St Kilda Moorabbin Oval Allan Jeans

Season Results

Premiers: Richmond
Runners-Up: Carlton
Minor Premiers: Collingwood

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Collingwood 1st 19 -0- 3 76 125.5% 2,356 1,878 339 322 267 276
Richmond 2nd 17 -0- 5 68 117.6% 2,301 1,957 330 321 276 301
Carlton 3rd 15 -0- 7 60 126.6% 2,342 1,850 337 320 261 284
Essendon 4th 13 -0- 9 52 104.4% 2,443 2,341 354 319 338 313
St Kilda 5th 12 -0- 10 48 105.3% 2,024 1,922 290 284 274 278
North Melbourne 6th 11 -1- 10 46 97.6% 1,938 1,986 276 282 282 294
Hawthorn 7th 11 -0- 11 44 109.6% 2,194 2,002 314 310 286 286
Fitzroy 8th 9 -0- 13 36 90.7% 1,990 2,194 282 298 312 322
Footscray 9th 7 -1- 14 30 88.2% 1,860 2,109 264 276 301 303
Melbourne 10th 7 -0- 15 28 91.8% 1,938 2,111 271 312 304 287
Geelong 11th 6 -0- 16 24 78.4% 1,903 2,426 275 253 349 332
South Melbourne 12th 4 -0- 18 16 79.0% 1,932 2,445 273 294 355 315

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Richmond 1st Premiers
Carlton 2nd Runners-Up
Collingwood 3rd Defeated by Richmond (Preliminary Final)
St Kilda 4th Defeated by Richmond (Semi Final)
Essendon 5th Defeated by St Kilda (Elimination Final)
North Melbourne 6th Did not qualify for finals
Hawthorn 7th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy 8th Did not qualify for finals
Footscray 9th Did not qualify for finals
Melbourne 10th Did not qualify for finals
Geelong 11th Did not qualify for finals
South Melbourne 12th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/04/1973 2:10 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 124 - 48 23,413
SAT 07/04/1973 2:10 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 127 - 129 28,659
SAT 07/04/1973 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Junction Oval 137 - 87 14,988
SAT 07/04/1973 2:10 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 68 - 124 26,130
SAT 07/04/1973 2:10 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 66 - 98 44,787
SAT 07/04/1973 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 98 - 70 15,934

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 1 -0- 0 4 258.3% 124 48
Carlton 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 182.4% 124 68
Fitzroy 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 157.5% 137 87
St Kilda 4th 1 -0- 0 4 148.5% 98 66
North Melbourne 5th 1 -0- 0 4 140.0% 98 70
Richmond 6th 1 -0- 0 4 101.6% 129 127
Essendon 7th 0 -0- 1 0 98.4% 127 129
Hawthorn 8th 0 -0- 1 0 71.4% 70 98
Melbourne 9th 0 -0- 1 0 67.3% 66 98
Footscray 10th 0 -0- 1 0 63.5% 87 137
Geelong 11th 0 -0- 1 0 54.8% 68 124
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 1 0 38.7% 48 124

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/04/1973 2:10 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 123 - 96 29,780
SAT 14/04/1973 2:10 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 82 - 102 24,794
SAT 14/04/1973 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 98 - 100 13,336
SAT 14/04/1973 2:10 PM Richmond v Geelong MCG 127 - 110 29,655
SAT 14/04/1973 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 109 - 146 16,260
SAT 14/04/1973 2:10 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Moorabbin Oval 128 - 71 23,162

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 2 -0- 0 8 173.8% 226 130
St Kilda 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 165.0% 226 137
Carlton 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 150.6% 247 164
Richmond 4th 2 -0- 0 8 108.0% 256 237
Essendon 5th 1 -0- 1 4 114.7% 273 238
North Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 1 4 100.5% 194 193
Fitzroy 7th 1 -0- 1 4 96.7% 208 215
Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 1 4 84.7% 166 196
Hawthorn 9th 0 -0- 2 0 84.8% 168 198
Geelong 10th 0 -0- 2 0 70.9% 178 251
Footscray 11th 0 -0- 2 0 70.7% 169 239
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 2 0 58.1% 157 270

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/04/1973 2:10 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 149 - 79 24,042
SAT 21/04/1973 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 84 - 78 18,704
SAT 21/04/1973 2:10 PM St Kilda v Richmond Moorabbin Oval 81 - 110 33,022
MON 23/04/1973 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Essendon VFL Park 170 - 102 32,101
MON 23/04/1973 2:10 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 75 - 82 49,439
MON 23/04/1973 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 118 - 135 13,354

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 3 -0- 0 12 179.4% 375 209
Carlton 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 137.7% 329 239
Richmond 3rd 3 -0- 0 12 115.1% 366 318
St Kilda 4th 2 -0- 1 8 124.3% 307 247
North Melbourne 5th 2 -0- 1 8 102.6% 278 271
Hawthorn 6th 1 -0- 2 4 112.7% 338 300
Fitzroy 7th 1 -0- 2 4 95.7% 286 299
Essendon 8th 1 -0- 2 4 91.9% 375 408
Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 2 4 86.7% 241 278
Footscray 10th 1 -0- 2 4 85.2% 304 357
South Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 3 0 67.9% 275 405
Geelong 12th 0 -0- 3 0 64.3% 257 400

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
WED 25/04/1973 2:10 PM Richmond v North Melbourne MCG 84 - 104 48,923
WED 25/04/1973 2:10 PM St Kilda v Collingwood VFL Park 60 - 130 49,699
SAT 28/04/1973 2:10 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 95 - 83 28,872
SAT 28/04/1973 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Junction Oval 87 - 94 16,101
SAT 28/04/1973 2:10 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 67 - 115 25,314
SAT 28/04/1973 2:10 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Kardinia Park 118 - 86 14,739

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 4 -0- 0 16 187.7% 505 269
Carlton 2nd 4 -0- 0 16 131.7% 424 322
North Melbourne 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 107.6% 382 355
Richmond 4th 3 -0- 1 12 106.6% 450 422
Essendon 5th 2 -0- 2 8 103.2% 490 475
St Kilda 6th 2 -0- 2 8 97.3% 367 377
Melbourne 7th 2 -0- 2 8 91.8% 335 365
Hawthorn 8th 1 -0- 3 4 106.6% 421 395
Fitzroy 9th 1 -0- 3 4 94.9% 373 393
Footscray 10th 1 -0- 3 4 78.6% 371 472
Geelong 11th 1 -0- 3 4 77.2% 375 486
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 4 0 69.0% 361 523

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/05/1973 2:10 PM Carlton v Fitzroy VFL Park 105 - 68 19,665
SAT 05/05/1973 2:10 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 122 - 106 19,007
SAT 05/05/1973 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 124 - 108 11,492
SAT 05/05/1973 2:10 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 91 - 110 37,685
SAT 05/05/1973 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 98 - 109 27,048
SAT 05/05/1973 2:10 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 48 - 76 13,615

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 5 -0- 0 20 167.3% 614 367
Carlton 2nd 5 -0- 0 20 135.6% 529 390
Richmond 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 109.2% 560 513
Essendon 4th 3 -0- 2 12 105.3% 612 581
St Kilda 5th 3 -0- 2 12 104.2% 443 425
North Melbourne 6th 3 -0- 2 12 103.4% 480 464
Hawthorn 7th 2 -0- 3 8 108.3% 545 503
Melbourne 8th 2 -0- 3 8 89.7% 426 475
Fitzroy 9th 1 -0- 4 4 88.6% 441 498
Footscray 10th 1 -0- 4 4 80.4% 479 596
Geelong 11th 1 -0- 4 4 79.1% 481 608
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 5 0 68.3% 409 599

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/05/1973 2:10 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 100 - 76 23,214
SAT 12/05/1973 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Junction Oval 107 - 85 10,706
SAT 12/05/1973 2:10 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 80 - 98 15,305
SAT 12/05/1973 2:10 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne VFL Park 124 - 80 10,058
SAT 12/05/1973 2:10 PM Richmond v Carlton MCG 128 - 102 54,139
SAT 12/05/1973 2:10 PM St Kilda v Essendon Moorabbin Oval 121 - 140 23,130

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 6 -0- 0 24 161.2% 714 443
Carlton 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 121.8% 631 518
Richmond 3rd 5 -0- 1 20 111.9% 688 615
North Melbourne 4th 4 -0- 2 16 111.0% 604 544
Essendon 5th 4 -0- 2 16 107.1% 752 702
St Kilda 6th 3 -0- 3 12 99.8% 564 565
Hawthorn 7th 2 -0- 4 8 103.3% 630 610
Fitzroy 8th 2 -0- 4 8 94.0% 548 583
Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 4 8 87.3% 502 575
Footscray 10th 2 -0- 4 8 85.4% 577 676
Geelong 11th 1 -0- 5 4 79.5% 561 706
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 6 0 67.6% 489 723

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/05/1973 2:10 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 119 - 60 43,260
SAT 19/05/1973 2:10 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 144 - 74 26,906
SAT 19/05/1973 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Richmond VFL Park 80 - 117 19,538
SAT 19/05/1973 2:10 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 93 - 90 14,953
SAT 19/05/1973 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Glenferrie Oval 129 - 68 11,701
SAT 19/05/1973 2:10 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 112 - 83 16,075

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 6 -0- 1 24 137.7% 774 562
Carlton 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 129.8% 750 578
Richmond 3rd 6 -0- 1 24 115.8% 805 695
Essendon 4th 5 -0- 2 20 115.5% 896 776
North Melbourne 5th 4 -0- 3 16 98.5% 678 688
Hawthorn 6th 3 -0- 4 12 111.9% 759 678
St Kilda 7th 3 -0- 4 12 99.4% 654 658
Melbourne 8th 3 -0- 4 12 93.3% 614 658
Footscray 9th 3 -0- 4 12 87.5% 670 766
Fitzroy 10th 2 -0- 5 8 89.7% 628 700
Geelong 11th 1 -0- 6 4 75.3% 629 835
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 7 0 68.5% 572 835

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/05/1973 2:10 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 103 - 68 20,822
SAT 26/05/1973 2:10 PM Melbourne v Essendon VFL Park 71 - 81 25,392
SAT 26/05/1973 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 56 - 56 16,148
SAT 26/05/1973 2:10 PM Richmond v Hawthorn MCG 82 - 119 32,613
SAT 26/05/1973 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 51 - 130 14,768
SAT 26/05/1973 2:10 PM St Kilda v Geelong Moorabbin Oval 106 - 60 15,114

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 7 -0- 1 28 139.9% 880 629
Collingwood 2nd 7 -0- 1 28 139.2% 877 630
Essendon 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 115.3% 977 847
Richmond 4th 6 -0- 2 24 109.0% 887 814
North Melbourne 5th 4 -1- 3 18 98.7% 734 744
Hawthorn 6th 4 -0- 4 16 115.5% 878 760
St Kilda 7th 4 -0- 4 16 105.8% 760 718
Footscray 8th 3 -1- 4 14 88.3% 726 822
Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 5 12 92.7% 685 739
Fitzroy 10th 2 -0- 6 8 86.7% 696 803
Geelong 11th 1 -0- 7 4 73.2% 689 941
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 8 0 64.6% 623 965

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
MON 04/06/1973 2:10 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 133 - 92 40,143
MON 04/06/1973 2:10 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Junction Oval 104 - 57 10,119
MON 04/06/1973 2:10 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 68 - 74 17,973
MON 04/06/1973 2:10 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 90 - 121 18,868
MON 04/06/1973 2:10 PM Richmond v Collingwood VFL Park 66 - 105 56,023
MON 04/06/1973 2:10 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Moorabbin Oval 78 - 64 22,521

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 8 -0- 1 32 141.1% 982 696
Carlton 2nd 8 -0- 1 32 140.5% 1,013 721
Essendon 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 109.1% 1,069 980
Richmond 4th 6 -0- 3 24 103.7% 953 919
North Melbourne 5th 5 -1- 3 22 102.5% 855 834
St Kilda 6th 5 -0- 4 20 107.2% 838 782
Hawthorn 7th 4 -0- 5 16 112.4% 942 838
Melbourne 8th 4 -0- 5 16 94.1% 759 807
Footscray 9th 3 -1- 5 14 88.6% 794 896
Fitzroy 10th 3 -0- 6 12 93.0% 800 860
Geelong 11th 1 -0- 8 4 73.4% 779 1,062
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 9 0 63.6% 680 1,069

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/06/1973 2:10 PM Carlton v Footscray VFL Park 91 - 65 18,194
SAT 09/06/1973 2:10 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 107 - 97 16,632
SAT 09/06/1973 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 95 - 108 20,053
SAT 09/06/1973 2:10 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 139 - 81 19,900
SAT 09/06/1973 2:10 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 80 - 54 16,187
SAT 09/06/1973 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 62 - 92 10,725

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 9 -0- 1 36 140.5% 1,104 786
Collingwood 2nd 9 -0- 1 36 137.8% 1,090 791
Essendon 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 109.2% 1,176 1,077
Richmond 4th 7 -0- 3 28 106.5% 1,045 981
North Melbourne 5th 6 -1- 3 26 105.3% 935 888
St Kilda 6th 5 -0- 5 20 103.5% 892 862
Melbourne 7th 5 -0- 5 20 101.1% 898 888
Hawthorn 8th 4 -0- 6 16 109.6% 1,037 946
Footscray 9th 3 -1- 6 14 87.0% 859 987
Fitzroy 10th 3 -0- 7 12 92.8% 897 967
Geelong 11th 1 -0- 9 4 71.6% 860 1,201
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 10 0 63.9% 742 1,161

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/06/1973 2:10 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 154 - 112 31,784
SAT 16/06/1973 2:10 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 58 - 109 16,733
SAT 16/06/1973 2:10 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 104 - 81 12,786
SAT 16/06/1973 2:10 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 90 - 81 32,951
SAT 16/06/1973 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn VFL Park 76 - 119 9,413
SAT 16/06/1973 2:10 PM St Kilda v Carlton Moorabbin Oval 91 - 67 25,081

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 10 -0- 1 40 137.8% 1,244 903
Carlton 2nd 9 -0- 2 36 133.5% 1,171 877
Richmond 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 111.1% 1,154 1,039
Essendon 4th 7 -0- 4 28 104.6% 1,288 1,231
North Melbourne 5th 6 -1- 4 26 103.9% 1,016 978
St Kilda 6th 6 -0- 5 24 105.8% 983 929
Melbourne 7th 6 -0- 5 24 102.0% 988 969
Hawthorn 8th 5 -0- 6 20 113.1% 1,156 1,022
Footscray 9th 3 -1- 7 14 83.7% 917 1,096
Fitzroy 10th 3 -0- 8 12 91.3% 978 1,071
Geelong 11th 2 -0- 9 8 75.2% 964 1,282
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 11 0 63.9% 818 1,280

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/06/1973 2:10 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 114 - 67 14,452
SAT 23/06/1973 2:10 PM Footscray v Fitzroy VFL Park 75 - 89 7,016
SAT 23/06/1973 2:10 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 85 - 70 12,470
SAT 23/06/1973 2:10 PM Richmond v Essendon MCG 111 - 95 43,892
SAT 23/06/1973 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 77 - 99 12,484
SAT 23/06/1973 2:10 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 80 - 54 23,262

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 11 -0- 1 44 137.0% 1,343 980
Carlton 2nd 10 -0- 2 40 136.1% 1,285 944
Richmond 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 111.6% 1,265 1,134
St Kilda 4th 7 -0- 5 28 108.1% 1,063 983
Essendon 5th 7 -0- 5 28 103.1% 1,383 1,342
North Melbourne 6th 6 -1- 5 26 102.2% 1,086 1,063
Hawthorn 7th 6 -0- 6 24 113.6% 1,241 1,092
Melbourne 8th 6 -0- 6 24 99.3% 1,042 1,049
Fitzroy 9th 4 -0- 8 16 93.1% 1,067 1,146
Footscray 10th 3 -1- 8 14 83.7% 992 1,185
Geelong 11th 2 -0- 10 8 73.9% 1,031 1,396
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 12 0 64.9% 895 1,379

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/06/1973 2:10 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 95 - 90 18,253
SAT 30/06/1973 2:10 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 139 - 110 13,042
SAT 30/06/1973 2:10 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Junction Oval 71 - 131 13,576
SAT 30/06/1973 2:10 PM Geelong v Richmond VFL Park 89 - 133 13,219
SAT 30/06/1973 2:10 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 105 - 112 25,787
SAT 30/06/1973 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 115 - 107 19,355

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 12 -0- 1 48 134.4% 1,438 1,070
Carlton 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 131.4% 1,392 1,059
Richmond 3rd 10 -0- 3 40 114.3% 1,398 1,223
St Kilda 4th 8 -0- 5 32 113.3% 1,194 1,054
Essendon 5th 8 -0- 5 32 104.8% 1,522 1,452
North Melbourne 6th 7 -1- 5 30 102.6% 1,201 1,170
Hawthorn 7th 7 -0- 6 28 113.0% 1,353 1,197
Melbourne 8th 6 -0- 7 24 98.8% 1,147 1,161
Fitzroy 9th 4 -0- 9 16 89.1% 1,138 1,277
Footscray 10th 3 -1- 9 14 84.5% 1,082 1,280
Geelong 11th 2 -0- 11 8 73.3% 1,120 1,529
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 13 0 66.2% 1,005 1,518

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/07/1973 2:10 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 103 - 82 25,432
SAT 07/07/1973 2:10 PM Essendon v Footscray VFL Park 132 - 97 12,373
SAT 07/07/1973 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 108 - 86 18,406
SAT 07/07/1973 2:10 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 134 - 97 13,105
SAT 07/07/1973 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 78 - 117 19,114
SAT 07/07/1973 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 123 - 78 9,681

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 13 -0- 1 52 133.8% 1,541 1,152
Richmond 2nd 11 -0- 3 44 116.4% 1,515 1,301
Carlton 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 126.6% 1,478 1,167
Essendon 4th 9 -0- 5 36 106.8% 1,654 1,549
Hawthorn 5th 8 -0- 6 32 113.9% 1,461 1,283
St Kilda 6th 8 -0- 6 32 110.3% 1,276 1,157
North Melbourne 7th 7 -1- 6 30 99.4% 1,279 1,287
Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 7 28 101.8% 1,281 1,258
Fitzroy 9th 4 -0- 10 16 87.5% 1,235 1,411
Footscray 10th 3 -1- 10 14 83.5% 1,179 1,412
Geelong 11th 2 -0- 12 8 72.5% 1,198 1,652
South Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 13 4 70.7% 1,128 1,596

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/07/1973 2:10 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 122 - 81 21,476
SAT 14/07/1973 2:10 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 151 - 116 22,437
SAT 14/07/1973 2:10 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Junction Oval 108 - 96 9,886
SAT 14/07/1973 2:10 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 79 - 141 11,115
SAT 14/07/1973 2:10 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 88 - 96 15,844
SAT 14/07/1973 2:10 PM Richmond v St Kilda VFL Park 90 - 77 31,499

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 14 -0- 1 56 132.0% 1,637 1,240
Richmond 2nd 12 -0- 3 48 116.5% 1,605 1,378
Carlton 3rd 11 -0- 4 44 128.2% 1,600 1,248
Essendon 4th 10 -0- 5 40 108.4% 1,805 1,665
Hawthorn 5th 8 -0- 7 32 110.0% 1,577 1,434
St Kilda 6th 8 -0- 7 32 108.5% 1,353 1,247
North Melbourne 7th 7 -1- 7 30 98.6% 1,375 1,395
Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 8 28 98.7% 1,362 1,380
Fitzroy 9th 5 -0- 10 20 89.1% 1,343 1,507
Footscray 10th 3 -1- 11 14 81.0% 1,258 1,553
South Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 13 8 75.8% 1,269 1,675
Geelong 12th 2 -0- 13 8 73.6% 1,286 1,748

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/07/1973 2:10 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne VFL Park 71 - 76 25,639
SAT 21/07/1973 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Junction Oval 91 - 80 14,800
SAT 21/07/1973 2:10 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 45 - 65 10,987
SAT 21/07/1973 2:10 PM Geelong v Essendon Kardinia Park 82 - 81 16,746
SAT 21/07/1973 2:10 PM Richmond v Melbourne MCG 110 - 73 30,492
SAT 21/07/1973 2:10 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 100 - 93 17,454

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 14 -0- 2 56 129.8% 1,708 1,316
Richmond 2nd 13 -0- 3 52 118.2% 1,715 1,451
Carlton 3rd 11 -0- 5 44 125.5% 1,680 1,339
Essendon 4th 10 -0- 6 40 108.0% 1,886 1,747
Hawthorn 5th 9 -0- 7 36 111.0% 1,642 1,479
St Kilda 6th 9 -0- 7 36 108.4% 1,453 1,340
North Melbourne 7th 8 -1- 7 34 99.0% 1,451 1,466
Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 9 28 96.3% 1,435 1,490
Fitzroy 9th 6 -0- 10 24 90.4% 1,434 1,587
Footscray 10th 3 -1- 12 14 80.5% 1,303 1,618
Geelong 11th 3 -0- 13 12 74.8% 1,368 1,829
South Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 14 8 76.7% 1,362 1,775

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/07/1973 2:10 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 107 - 81 28,954
SAT 28/07/1973 2:10 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 102 - 79 21,469
SAT 28/07/1973 2:10 PM Footscray v Geelong VFL Park 141 - 92 9,148
SAT 28/07/1973 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Glenferrie Oval 100 - 63 12,477
SAT 28/07/1973 2:10 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 87 - 126 37,883
SAT 28/07/1973 2:10 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 130 - 91 14,447

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 15 -0- 2 60 130.7% 1,834 1,403
Richmond 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 115.3% 1,796 1,558
Carlton 3rd 12 -0- 5 48 125.8% 1,787 1,420
Essendon 4th 11 -0- 6 44 108.9% 1,988 1,826
Hawthorn 5th 10 -0- 7 40 113.0% 1,742 1,542
St Kilda 6th 9 -0- 8 36 106.2% 1,532 1,442
North Melbourne 7th 8 -1- 8 34 96.6% 1,542 1,596
Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 10 28 94.2% 1,522 1,616
Fitzroy 9th 6 -0- 11 24 88.7% 1,497 1,687
Footscray 10th 4 -1- 12 18 84.4% 1,444 1,710
South Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 14 12 80.0% 1,492 1,866
Geelong 12th 3 -0- 14 12 74.1% 1,460 1,970

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/08/1973 2:10 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 121 - 106 37,660
SAT 04/08/1973 2:10 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 95 - 94 13,546
SAT 04/08/1973 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 91 - 94 21,071
SAT 04/08/1973 2:10 PM Richmond v Fitzroy MCG 104 - 92 20,578
SAT 04/08/1973 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne VFL Park 86 - 78 15,292
SAT 04/08/1973 2:10 PM St Kilda v Footscray Moorabbin Oval 110 - 86 15,477

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 16 -0- 2 64 129.6% 1,955 1,509
Richmond 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 115.2% 1,900 1,650
Carlton 3rd 12 -0- 6 48 122.8% 1,893 1,541
Essendon 4th 12 -0- 6 48 108.6% 2,082 1,917
Hawthorn 5th 10 -0- 8 40 112.2% 1,836 1,637
St Kilda 6th 10 -0- 8 40 107.5% 1,642 1,528
North Melbourne 7th 8 -1- 9 34 96.6% 1,633 1,690
Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 11 28 94.0% 1,600 1,702
Fitzroy 9th 6 -0- 12 24 88.7% 1,589 1,791
Footscray 10th 4 -1- 13 18 84.1% 1,530 1,820
South Melbourne 11th 4 -0- 14 16 81.2% 1,578 1,944
Geelong 12th 4 -0- 14 16 75.3% 1,555 2,064

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/08/1973 2:10 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 137 - 80 22,387
SAT 11/08/1973 2:10 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 115 - 101 18,008
SAT 11/08/1973 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Junction Oval 79 - 124 19,103
SAT 11/08/1973 2:10 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 68 - 74 13,581
SAT 11/08/1973 2:10 PM Geelong v St Kilda VFL Park 86 - 83 19,497
SAT 11/08/1973 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 77 - 82 20,376

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 17 -0- 2 68 130.9% 2,079 1,588
Richmond 2nd 15 -0- 4 60 114.8% 1,982 1,727
Carlton 3rd 13 -0- 6 52 125.2% 2,030 1,621
Essendon 4th 13 -0- 6 52 108.9% 2,197 2,018
Hawthorn 5th 10 -0- 9 40 111.3% 1,913 1,719
St Kilda 6th 10 -0- 9 40 106.9% 1,725 1,614
North Melbourne 7th 9 -1- 9 38 97.1% 1,707 1,758
Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 12 28 93.6% 1,701 1,817
Fitzroy 9th 6 -0- 13 24 87.1% 1,668 1,915
Geelong 10th 5 -0- 14 20 76.4% 1,641 2,147
Footscray 11th 4 -1- 14 18 84.4% 1,598 1,894
South Melbourne 12th 4 -0- 15 16 79.7% 1,658 2,081

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/08/1973 2:10 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 59 - 100 28,286
SAT 18/08/1973 2:10 PM Essendon v Carlton VFL Park 67 - 111 36,117
SAT 18/08/1973 2:10 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 77 - 98 17,042
SAT 18/08/1973 2:10 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 73 - 110 12,561
SAT 18/08/1973 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 64 - 48 11,121
SAT 18/08/1973 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 101 - 105 8,584

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 17 -0- 3 68 126.7% 2,138 1,688
Richmond 2nd 16 -0- 4 64 116.6% 2,082 1,786
Carlton 3rd 14 -0- 6 56 126.8% 2,141 1,688
Essendon 4th 13 -0- 7 52 106.3% 2,264 2,129
St Kilda 5th 11 -0- 9 44 107.8% 1,823 1,691
North Melbourne 6th 10 -1- 9 42 98.1% 1,771 1,806
Hawthorn 7th 10 -0- 10 40 109.5% 1,990 1,817
Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 13 28 92.1% 1,774 1,927
Fitzroy 9th 7 -0- 13 28 87.9% 1,773 2,016
Footscray 10th 5 -1- 14 22 86.8% 1,708 1,967
Geelong 11th 5 -0- 15 20 76.4% 1,689 2,211
South Melbourne 12th 4 -0- 16 16 80.5% 1,759 2,186

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/08/1973 2:10 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn VFL Park 106 - 88 48,312
SAT 25/08/1973 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Junction Oval 100 - 77 14,675
SAT 25/08/1973 2:10 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 75 - 66 18,988
SAT 25/08/1973 2:10 PM Geelong v Melbourne Kardinia Park 113 - 98 15,489
SAT 25/08/1973 2:10 PM Richmond v South Melbourne MCG 143 - 94 24,307
SAT 25/08/1973 2:10 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 114 - 96 29,257

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 18 -0- 3 72 126.4% 2,244 1,776
Richmond 2nd 17 -0- 4 68 118.4% 2,225 1,880
Carlton 3rd 14 -0- 7 56 125.2% 2,207 1,763
Essendon 4th 13 -0- 8 52 105.0% 2,341 2,229
St Kilda 5th 12 -0- 9 48 108.4% 1,937 1,787
North Melbourne 6th 10 -1- 10 42 97.2% 1,867 1,920
Hawthorn 7th 10 -0- 11 40 108.1% 2,078 1,923
Fitzroy 8th 8 -0- 13 32 89.5% 1,873 2,093
Melbourne 9th 7 -0- 14 28 91.8% 1,872 2,040
Footscray 10th 6 -1- 14 26 87.7% 1,783 2,033
Geelong 11th 6 -0- 15 24 78.0% 1,802 2,309
South Melbourne 12th 4 -0- 17 16 79.6% 1,853 2,329

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/09/1973 2:10 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 135 - 87 22,824
SAT 01/09/1973 2:10 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 102 - 112 28,049
SAT 01/09/1973 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Junction Oval 117 - 101 9,172
SAT 01/09/1973 2:10 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 116 - 79 9,932
SAT 01/09/1973 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne VFL Park 71 - 66 9,411
SAT 01/09/1973 2:10 PM Richmond v Footscray MCG 76 - 77 24,671

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 19 -0- 3 76 125.5% 2,356 1,878
Richmond 2nd 17 -0- 5 68 117.6% 2,301 1,957
Carlton 3rd 15 -0- 7 60 126.6% 2,342 1,850
Essendon 4th 13 -0- 9 52 104.4% 2,443 2,341
St Kilda 5th 12 -0- 10 48 105.3% 2,024 1,922
North Melbourne 6th 11 -1- 10 46 97.6% 1,938 1,986
Hawthorn 7th 11 -0- 11 44 109.6% 2,194 2,002
Fitzroy 8th 9 -0- 13 36 90.7% 1,990 2,194
Footscray 9th 7 -1- 14 30 88.2% 1,860 2,109
Melbourne 10th 7 -0- 15 28 91.8% 1,938 2,111
Geelong 11th 6 -0- 16 24 78.4% 1,903 2,426
South Melbourne 12th 4 -0- 18 16 79.0% 1,932 2,445

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/09/1973 2:30 PM Essendon v St Kilda VFL Park 91 - 158 53,405

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/09/1973 2:30 PM Richmond v Carlton MCG 71 - 91 86,386

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/09/1973 2:30 PM Collingwood v Carlton VFL Park 87 - 107 60,072
SAT 15/09/1973 2:30 PM Richmond v St Kilda MCG 108 - 68 86,483

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/09/1973 2:30 PM Collingwood v Richmond MCG 98 - 105 98,652

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/09/1973 2:30 PM Carlton v Richmond MCG 86 - 116 116,956