1973 VFL Season Round 2: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 14 April 1973 between Richmond and Geelong during round two of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Geelong at the MCG. Royce Hart captained the hosts with Kevin Bartlett as vice-captain. Geoff Ainsworth captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Graham Farmer.

Richmond (18.19.127) defeated Geelong (16.14.110).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Richmond v Geelong
Date: Saturday 14 April 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 29,655

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Geelong
Score: 18.19.127 - 16.14.110

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 1 . 4 8 . 7 16 . 12 18 . 19 18 . 19 (127)
Geelong 6 . 1 9 . 5 13 . 10 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Margin GEEL by 27 GEEL by 4 RICH by 20 RICH by 17 RICH by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

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

Geelong

Captain: Geoff Ainsworth
Coach: Graham Farmer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Allford, Grant ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 2 3
29 Bartlett, Kevin (vc) ? ? 0 2 35 31 4 1 1 0 1
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 5 0 1 3
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 3 0 0 2
11 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 2 2 12 10 2 4 0 0 1
37 Green, Mike ? ? 4 1 17 15 2 9 15 2 2
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 2 1 16 13 3 5 0 2 3
40 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 5 1 1 0
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 1 2 1
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 0 10 0 0
31 McLean, Ricky ? ? 5 5 11 11 0 6 0 1 2
14 McMillan, Marty ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 3 1
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 3 0 0 0
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 2 1 10 9 1 0 20 5 2
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 1 24 21 3 5 0 5 1
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 0 0 1 1
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 0 2 20 15 5 5 0 1 0
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 0 1
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 3 0 10 6 4 0 0 2 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 19 271 221 50 60 48 28 24

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff (c) ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 1 0
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 3 0 0 0
14 Clarke, David ? ? 3 3 34 31 3 10 0 1 1
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 4 0 1 2
2 Davidson, Garry ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 2 0 0 2
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 7 0 1 1
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 0 0 1 2
8 Lindquist, Greg ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Linke, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 5 0 2 1
9 Mayne, Terry ? ? 4 3 19 14 5 4 0 2 2
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 1 0 25 17 8 4 0 4 1
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 1 1 26 15 11 1 0 1 1
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 2 5 14 10 4 4 0 2 2
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 8 9 1 4
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 2 0 14 14 0 5 0 0 2
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 1 2 0
18 Stephens, Peter ? ? 1 1 16 14 2 7 0 2 4
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 26 20 6 5 0 3 3
38 Yates, Warwick ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 14 312 247 65 76 10 24 28

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