1973 VFL Season Grand Final: Carlton v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 29 September 1973 between Carlton and Richmond in the grand final of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton "hosted" Richmond at the MCG. John Nicholls captained the hosts with Robert Walls as vice-captain. Royce Hart captained the visitors with Kevin Bartlett as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by John Nicholls and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Carlton (12.14.86) were defeated by Richmond (16.20.116).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Carlton v Richmond
Date: Saturday 29 September 1973
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 116,956

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Richmond
Score: 12.14.86 - 16.20.116

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 2 . 2 7 . 6 9 . 9 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Richmond 3 . 5 11 . 8 15 . 11 16 . 20 16 . 20 (116)
Margin RICH by 9 RICH by 26 RICH by 38 RICH by 30 RICH by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Vice-Captain: Robert Walls
Coach: John Nicholls

Richmond

Captain: Royce Hart
Vice-Captain: Kevin Bartlett
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson

Goal Umpires

B. Page
L. Robinson

Boundary Umpires

P. Saultry
G. Willcox

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 1 1
4 Catoggio, Vin ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 2
22 Chandler, Neil ? ? 1 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 1
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 2 0 27 24 3 3 0 3 0
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 5 0 1 4
23 Davis, Craig ? ? 0 2 11 10 1 3 0 2 2
27 Dickson, David ? ? 2 0 12 11 1 2 0 1 3
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 1 0 0 6
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 2 0 10 10 0 3 0 4 3
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 6 0 0 3
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 4 18 1 4
43 McKay, David ? ? 2 0 16 14 2 5 11 2 7
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 1 2 4 3 1 0 0 2 0
19 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 1 1
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 4 0 1 1
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 2 0
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 3 4
42 Walls, Robert (vc) ? ? 2 4 20 19 1 8 0 3 1
18 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 2 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 12 14 243 210 33 56 29 32 46

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 2 4 12 7 5 4 1 0 2
29 Bartlett, Kevin (vc) ? ? 1 0 26 26 0 1 0 4 3
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 1 0 4 0
27 Carter, Noel ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 2 0 2 0
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 0 2 2
11 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 4 0 2 1
37 Green, Mike ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 6 10 4 1
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 3 3 19 16 3 6 0 4 3
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 3 2
40 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 0 0 2 0
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 6 0 1 2
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 1 0
13 Rae, Stephen ? ? 0 1 19 9 10 4 0 3 5
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 1 1 14 8 6 4 17 2 0
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 3 3 24 17 7 5 0 5 6
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 3 21 15 6 2 0 2 0
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 3 2 16 16 0 5 0 2 3
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 0 0 2 1
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 3 0 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 20 275 220 55 59 28 46 32

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

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