1973 VFL Season Round 1: Collingwood v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 7 April 1973 between Collingwood and South Melbourne during round one of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted South Melbourne at Victoria Park. Wayne Richardson captained the hosts with Len Thompson as vice-captain. Peter Bedford captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neil Mann and the visitors were coached by Graeme John.

Collingwood (17.22.124) defeated South Melbourne (6.12.48).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Collingwood v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 7 April 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 23,413

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. South Melbourne
Score: 17.22.124 - 6.12.48

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 4 . 6 11 . 9 14 . 14 17 . 22 17 . 22 (124)
South Melbourne 1 . 2 2 . 4 4 . 7 6 . 12 6 . 12 (48)
Margin COLL by 22 COLL by 59 COLL by 67 COLL by 76 COLL by 76
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

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

South Melbourne

Captain: Peter Bedford
Coach: Graeme John

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Bisset, George ? ? 1 0 28 17 11 4 0 0 2
27 Britt, Con ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 6 0 4 2
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 7 0 1 0
37 Coles, Henry ? ? 1 2 19 16 3 4 0 2 0
19 Cranage, Paul ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 1
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 2 3
7 Delahunty, Mike ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 0 0 1 2
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 1 15 15 0 7 1 0 2
9 Dunstan, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 2 2
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 0 2 19 15 4 4 1 7 1
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 8 6 14 14 0 10 0 2 1
17 Morse, Colin ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 5 0 0 2
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 4 3 15 13 2 4 0 3 4
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Price, Barry ? ? 0 1 25 20 5 3 1 2 1
28 Reichman, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 2 2
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 2 2 27 25 2 10 0 1 2
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 0 1 27 26 1 6 1 7 4
24 Salmon, Daryl ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 4 0 2 3
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 1 0 25 21 4 11 17 3 4
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 17 22 322 265 57 93 21 41 38

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Aanensen, Vic ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 2 3 0 0
11 Bedford, Peter (c) ? ? 2 2 22 15 7 1 0 2 0
8 Beecroft, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 5 3 2 1
32 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 8 0 1 3
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 7 12 2 3
18 Davis, Bruce ? ? 2 2 16 14 2 6 0 3 1
45 Dempster, Graham ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 5 3
28 Doyle, Robert ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 5 0 7
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 2 3
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 1 0 4 1
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 0 1 6 6 0 1 0 0 0
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 2 4
35 McKew, Shane ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 1 2
5 Miller, Greg ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 4 5
22 Moore, Eric ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 0
6 Murphy, John ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 2 3
21 Pitura, John ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 6 0 0 1
19 Prentice, Jim ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 6 0 2 1
20 Thomson, Ian ? ? 1 2 8 7 1 4 0 0 2
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 6 12 215 189 26 62 23 33 41

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