1973 VFL Season Round 1: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 7 April 1973 between Essendon and Richmond during round one of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at Windy Hill. Des Tuddenham captained the hosts with John Williams as vice-captain. Royce Hart captained the visitors with Kevin Bartlett as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Essendon (19.13.127) were defeated by Richmond (19.15.129).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 7 April 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 28,659

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Richmond
Score: 19.13.127 - 19.15.129

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 4 11 . 8 13 . 10 19 . 13 19 . 13 (127)
Richmond 6 . 3 9 . 9 13 . 11 19 . 15 19 . 15 (129)
Margin ESSE by 1 ESSE by 11 RICH by 1 RICH by 2 RICH by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Richmond

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
37 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 2 0 10 8 2 3 0 2 4
9 Cassin, John ? ? 1 3 15 13 2 3 0 2 3
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 2 1
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 6 1 2 4
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 1 21 17 4 0 0 8 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 2 0 18 18 0 2 0 2 2
15 Gross, Don ? ? 1 0 23 19 4 3 0 4 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 10 2 3
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 0 0 26 19 7 13 12 5 4
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 3 3 10 9 1 7 0 1 0
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 0 0 1 3
16 Perry, Greg ? ? 1 1 4 2 2 1 3 1 2
31 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 2 0 1 2
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 4 3 12 11 1 5 0 4 4
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 1 0 4 2
27 Talbot, Sandy ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 2 1
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 1 0 15 9 6 2 0 1 5
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Williams, John (vc) ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 4 0 3 1
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 1 1 25 22 3 4 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 13 276 230 46 62 26 48 45

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Allford, Grant ? ? 0 0 14 5 9 1 1 2 6
29 Bartlett, Kevin (vc) ? ? 2 4 25 24 1 0 0 4 3
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 7 0 1 3
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 4 0 2 1
11 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 3 1 9 9 0 2 0 3 0
37 Green, Mike ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 4 11 4 3
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 6 0 14 10 4 6 0 1 5
40 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 2 0
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 5 0 3 2
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 3 0
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 10 1 1
31 McLean, Ricky ? ? 2 2 12 9 3 4 0 3 2
14 McMillan, Marty ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 0 4
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 3 23 22 1 4 2 7 3
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 3 1 13 11 2 4 14 5 2
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 2 0 9 9 0 2 0 3 3
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 1 9 4 5 0 0 0 1
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 1 0 1 3
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 0 0 0 5
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 19 15 245 200 45 52 38 45 48

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