1973 VFL Season Preliminary Final: Collingwood v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 22 September 1973 between Collingwood and Richmond in the preliminary final of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood "hosted" Richmond at the MCG. Wayne Richardson captained the hosts with Len Thompson as vice-captain. Royce Hart captained the visitors with Kevin Bartlett as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Neil Mann and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Collingwood (14.14.98) were defeated by Richmond (15.15.105).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: Collingwood v Richmond
Date: Saturday 22 September 1973
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 98,652

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Richmond
Score: 14.14.98 - 15.15.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 6 . 7 10 . 7 12 . 9 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Richmond 2 . 2 4 . 7 10 . 13 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
Margin COLL by 29 COLL by 36 COLL by 8 RICH by 7 RICH by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Wayne Richardson
Vice-Captain: Len Thompson
Coach: Neil Mann

Richmond

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 1 2
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 3 0 11 9 2 5 0 1 3
4 Bisset, George ? ? 0 0 31 29 2 4 0 0 2
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 1 0 0 2
19 Cranage, Paul ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 1 0 1 1
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 1 24 23 1 7 0 6 2
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 4 2
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 2 0 4 4 0 3 4 1 3
40 Holmes, Allan ? ? 1 2 20 15 5 4 0 2 4
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 6 10 2 4
45 Kink, Rene ? ? 3 2 6 6 0 5 0 0 3
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 2 3
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 1 1
3 Price, Barry ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 2 0
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 2 1 15 12 3 4 1 0 4
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 0 3 24 24 0 5 0 4 3
24 Salmon, Daryl ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 4 0 3 3
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 3 0 16 10 6 5 7 3 3
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 1 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 14 14 262 217 45 63 22 34 48

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 5 2 10 10 0 7 0 1 1
29 Bartlett, Kevin (vc) ? ? 3 2 25 23 2 3 0 2 6
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 7 0 3 4
27 Carter, Noel ? ? 1 3 10 9 1 1 0 4 1
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 2 0
11 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 0 4 1
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 1 12 1 0
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 2 1 6 6 0 2 0 1 0
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 2 1
40 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 3 0 4 1
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 2 0
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
13 Rae, Stephen ? ? 0 2 10 6 4 1 0 3 1
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 8 11 2 5
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 1 25 16 9 5 0 5 3
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 1 1 18 13 5 2 0 1 1
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 2 1 12 12 0 3 1 1 1
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 2 0 6 3
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 2 0 3 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 15 242 199 43 57 25 48 34

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