1973 VFL Season Round 2: Carlton v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 14 April 1973 between Carlton and North Melbourne during round two of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted North Melbourne at Princes Park. In the absence of John Nicholls, vice-captain Robert Walls captained the hosts with Alex Jesaulenko as vice-captain. Barry Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Nicholls and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Carlton (18.15.123) defeated North Melbourne (14.12.96).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Carlton v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 14 April 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 29,780

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. North Melbourne
Score: 18.15.123 - 14.12.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 5 . 4 10 . 6 15 . 11 18 . 15 18 . 15 (123)
North Melbourne 3 . 2 7 . 7 12 . 9 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Margin CARL by 14 CARL by 17 CARL by 20 CARL by 27 CARL by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Robert Walls (acting)
Vice-Captain: Alex Jesaulenko (acting)
Coach: John Nicholls

North Melbourne

Captain: Barry Davis
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 1 1 28 27 1 2 0 1 1
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 1
22 Chandler, Neil ? ? 3 1 30 22 8 4 0 3 3
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 14 0 1 1
27 Dickson, David ? ? 1 1 29 24 5 7 0 1 1
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 0 1
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 6 0 1 1
31 Hall, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 0 0
33 Hurst, Paul ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 5 0 0 1
25 Jesaulenko, Alex (avc) ? ? 2 0 21 19 2 4 0 2 0
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 1 2 11 10 1 7 18 3 2
16 Kennedy, Greg ? ? 5 4 13 12 1 6 0 1 3
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 3 0 3 3
43 McKay, David ? ? 1 1 14 14 0 10 12 1 3
19 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 1 0 2 1
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 5 0 2 1
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 2 1
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 4 0 0 2
42 Walls, Robert (ac) ? ? 1 3 14 13 1 7 0 2 3
18 Walsh, Brian ? ? 3 1 20 18 2 5 1 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 18 15 314 269 45 96 31 26 30

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 1 0
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 4 2
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 0 1 17 16 1 3 2 0 1
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 3 0 6 2
7 Doolan, Vin ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 1 1 0 1
28 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 4 1 2 2
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 1 1 16 14 2 5 0 1 2
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 7 16 0 3
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 1 0 22 19 3 2 0 5 2
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 0
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 2 2 19 13 6 3 0 0 1
33 Joseph, Glenn ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 2 0 0 0
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 4 3 23 20 3 7 4 3 2
3 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 2 2
8 Peterson, Robert ? ? 2 0 18 15 3 2 0 1 1
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 1 0 1
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 2 2 2
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 2 1 19 19 0 5 0 3 1
26 Smith, Rob ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 0
2 Wade, Doug ? ? 2 0 4 3 1 3 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 12 268 230 38 62 27 30 26

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