1973 VFL Season Elimination Final: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 8 September 1973 between Essendon and St Kilda in the elimination final of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted St Kilda at VFL Park. Des Tuddenham captained the hosts with John Williams as vice-captain. Stuart Trott captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Essendon (13.13.91) were defeated by St Kilda (24.14.158).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Elimination Final
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 8 September 1973
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 53,405

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by St Kilda
Score: 13.13.91 - 24.14.158

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 3 7 . 5 8 . 8 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
St Kilda 4 . 8 7 . 11 14 . 13 24 . 14 24 . 14 (158)
Margin STKL by 11 STKL by 6 STKL by 41 STKL by 67 STKL by 67
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Des Tuddenham
Vice-Captain: John Williams
Coach: Des Tuddenham

St Kilda

Captain: Stuart Trott
Coach: Allan Jeans

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 2 0
49 Andrews, Ron ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 5 0 0 3
37 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 2 0 0 0
9 Cassin, John ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 3 0 1 1
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 4 16 14 2 10 0 3 1
29 Emin, John ? ? 1 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 0
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 3 0 24 20 4 7 0 3 2
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 5 0 4 0
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 1 0 22 16 6 1 0 0 0
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 4 1 0
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 1 0
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 2 0 19 9 10 9 6 0 1
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 2 2 10 9 1 5 0 0 2
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 2 20 16 4 1 0 1 3
16 Perry, Greg ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 7 1 1
31 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 1
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 4 0 2 1
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 3 0 1 1
22 Williams, John (vc) ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 0 1 2
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 0 3 27 26 1 2 0 5 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 13 269 214 55 73 17 26 20

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
44 Bell, Peter ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
11 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 0 0 2 1
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 3 1 25 19 6 6 0 1 1
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 1 4 19 13 6 9 0 0 1
28 Corner, Ian ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 4 0 23 20 3 5 0 3 4
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 2 2 22 15 7 5 0 1 1
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 2 2 17 10 7 9 21 0 1
42 Judson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 3 0 4 2
5 Lawrence, Barry ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 0 1
26 Manzie, John ? ? 0 1 23 15 8 0 0 0 2
15 Moran, Jeff ? ? 3 2 26 21 5 6 0 2 3
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 3 15 1 2
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 5 1 0 1
32 Perovic, Val ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 3 0 0 2
21 Reynolds, Russell ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 0 0
30 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 2 0 1
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 0 0 24 11 13 1 0 1 2
7 Trott, Stuart (c) ? ? 2 0 20 19 1 2 0 1 0
27 Young, George ? ? 6 2 29 23 6 14 0 4 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 24 14 338 256 82 79 39 20 26

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s