1973 VFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 7 April 1973 between Melbourne and St Kilda during round one of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at the MCG. Stan Alves captained the hosts. Stuart Trott captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ian Ridley and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Melbourne (9.12.66) were defeated by St Kilda (14.14.98).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 7 April 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 44,787

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by St Kilda
Score: 9.12.66 - 14.14.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 2 2 . 4 5 . 6 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
St Kilda 1 . 7 7 . 10 12 . 14 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Margin STKL by 5 STKL by 36 STKL by 50 STKL by 32 STKL by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Ian Ridley

St Kilda

Captain: Stuart Trott
Coach: Allan Jeans

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 5 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 1 1 3
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 4 0 5 2
27 Brewer, Ross ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 2 2
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 3 1 32 32 0 3 0 6 4
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 0 4
12 Collins, Mike ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 2 15 3 2
43 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 2 3 12 10 2 4 0 2 3
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 2 15 14 1 4 0 1 3
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 2
9 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 5 0 1 1
29 Leary, Noel ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 5 0 2 2
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 1 0 14 13 1 2 0 4 1
34 Owens, Mal ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 0 1 1
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 2 4 14 11 3 8 0 2 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 0 0 5 1
36 Swan, Glenn ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 7 0 1
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 2 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 1 12 11 1 3 0 0 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 12 247 220 27 60 28 42 40

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 2 2
1 Bonney, John ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 1 5
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 5 5
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 3 0 23 19 4 7 0 1 1
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 0 0 26 20 6 1 1 3 3
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 1 0 21 11 10 11 7 0 2
34 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0
42 Judson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 3 1
5 Lawrence, Barry ? ? 2 5 13 11 2 5 0 1 1
26 Manzie, John ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 3 0 2 3
15 Moran, Jeff ? ? 0 2 15 13 2 2 0 1 4
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 12 3 0
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 8 0 3 1
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 0 0 1 3
20 Payze, Travis ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 3 0 3 1
21 Reynolds, Russell ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
22 Stephens, John ? ? 2 3 24 23 1 4 0 8 2
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 3 0 0 4
7 Trott, Stuart (c) ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 3 0 2 3
27 Young, George ? ? 4 2 20 14 6 7 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 14 302 243 59 72 21 40 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