1973 VFL Season Round 1: Geelong v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 7 April 1973 between Geelong and Carlton during round one of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Carlton at Kardinia Park. Geoff Ainsworth captained the hosts. John Nicholls captained the visitors with Robert Walls as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Graham Farmer and the visitors were coached by John Nicholls.

Geelong (10.8.68) were defeated by Carlton (18.16.124).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Geelong v Carlton
Date: Saturday 7 April 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 26,130

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Carlton
Score: 10.8.68 - 18.16.124

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 3 7 . 4 10 . 6 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Carlton 1 . 5 8 . 7 10 . 10 18 . 16 18 . 16 (124)
Margin GEEL by 22 CARL by 9 CARL by 4 CARL by 56 CARL by 56
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Geoff Ainsworth
Coach: Graham Farmer

Carlton

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Artso

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff (c) ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 1 4 0
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 2 1
5 Barkley, David ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 1 3 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 3 4 25 23 2 8 0 3 0
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 1 0 12 12 0 1 0 4 2
2 Davidson, Garry ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 0 0 3 2
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 4 0 0 3
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 1 0 0
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 1 0 6 2
8 Lindquist, Greg ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 1 0 2 0
34 Linke, Graeme ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 5 0 3 6
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 3 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 1 0 31 19 12 3 0 5 1
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 3 1 12 8 4 6 1 0 1
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 5 18 3 3
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 0
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 2 1 10 8 2 2 2 3 1
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 0 3 4
38 Yates, Warwick ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 5 0 0 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 8 244 193 51 53 24 48 34

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 0 0 24 24 0 1 0 5 3
22 Chandler, Neil ? ? 1 1 20 18 2 5 0 1 4
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 8 0 1 2
27 Dickson, David ? ? 0 1 29 23 6 8 0 2 4
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 6 0 1 3
31 Hall, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 0 1
33 Hurst, Paul ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 1
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 1 0 34 29 5 8 0 3 2
16 Kennedy, Greg ? ? 2 3 14 9 5 3 0 2 2
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 1 1 22 21 1 3 0 2 6
43 McKay, David ? ? 3 4 14 14 0 10 13 2 5
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 2 1 11 4 7 4 9 0 3
19 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 1 0
13 Pascoe, Eric ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 1 1 13 12 1 0 0 3 1
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 1 1 9 6 3 3 0 1 5
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 1 0
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 1 1
42 Walls, Robert (vc) ? ? 2 2 19 19 0 10 1 3 3
18 Walsh, Brian ? ? 4 0 18 14 4 3 0 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 16 296 246 50 76 23 33 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