1973 VFL Season Qualifying Final: Richmond v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 8 September 1973 between Richmond and Carlton in the qualifying final of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Carlton at the MCG. Royce Hart captained the hosts with Kevin Bartlett as vice-captain. John Nicholls captained the visitors with Robert Walls as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by John Nicholls.

Richmond (10.11.71) were defeated by Carlton (13.13.91).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Qualifying Final
Teams: Richmond v Carlton
Date: Saturday 8 September 1973
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 86,386

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Carlton
Score: 10.11.71 - 13.13.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 2 5 . 4 7 . 7 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Carlton 4 . 4 6 . 9 10 . 13 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Margin CARL by 8 CARL by 11 CARL by 24 CARL by 20 CARL by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

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

Carlton

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Allford, Grant ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 2 0 6 2 4 2 4 0 1
29 Bartlett, Kevin (vc) ? ? 1 1 24 23 1 0 0 3 4
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 1 0
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 1 0 1 3
11 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 3 1
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 14 1 2
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 5 2 18 15 3 6 0 3 1
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 0 1 0
40 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 1 22 20 2 5 0 5 3
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 2 1 1
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 2 0
31 McLean, Ricky ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 4
13 Rae, Stephen ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 1 1
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 1 1 5 5 0 2 21 0 3
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 3 0 6 2
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 1 20 15 5 3 0 0 1
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 0 1 22 20 2 5 0 0 1
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 3 0 6 1
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 0 5 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 10 11 240 204 36 46 41 40 30

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 1 0 23 23 0 1 0 1 3
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 1 0 2 2
22 Chandler, Neil ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 0 1
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 1 0 0 2
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 9 1 1 1
23 Davis, Craig ? ? 3 1 15 15 0 7 0 2 3
27 Dickson, David ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 4 0 1 5
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 3 1 3 1
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 1 1 1
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 1 1
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 16 3 1
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 0 2 12 11 1 0 0 2 1
43 McKay, David ? ? 1 3 16 15 1 6 13 2 4
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 4 0 4 4 0 3 6 0 1
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 4 0 1 4
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 4 2
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 4 0 1 3
42 Walls, Robert (vc) ? ? 3 1 15 15 0 4 0 3 0
18 Walsh, Brian ? ? 1 2 19 18 1 4 0 2 4
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 13 13 277 239 38 63 38 30 40

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