1973 VFL Season Round 2: South Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 14 April 1973 between South Melbourne and Essendon during round two of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Essendon at Lakeside Oval. Peter Bedford captained the hosts. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with John Williams as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Graeme John and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

South Melbourne (15.19.109) were defeated by Essendon (21.20.146).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: South Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 14 April 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 16,260

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 15.19.109 - 21.20.146

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 5 . 4 7 . 9 11 . 16 15 . 19 15 . 19 (109)
Essendon 4 . 9 10 . 16 14 . 18 21 . 20 21 . 20 (146)
Margin SMLB by 1 ESSE by 25 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 37 ESSE by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Peter Bedford
Coach: Graeme John

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Ball, Ray ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Bedford, Peter (c) ? ? 4 3 13 12 1 7 0 3 2
8 Beecroft, Barry ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 2 2 2 0
32 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 2 6
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 5 1 3
30 Craighead, Geoff ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 8 3 3
18 Davis, Bruce ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 2 0 1 1
45 Dempster, Graham ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 3 0 2 4
28 Doyle, Robert ? ? 0 3 11 9 2 2 12 6 2
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 4 1
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 0 2 25 22 3 3 0 3 3
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 6 1 20 14 6 1 1 2 1
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 0 1 1
5 Miller, Greg ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 1 1
22 Moore, Eric ? ? 2 2 5 5 0 4 0 0 0
6 Murphy, John ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 1 1 3
21 Pitura, John ? ? 1 4 30 28 2 7 0 2 4
19 Prentice, Jim ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 1 0
20 Thomson, Ian ? ? 1 1 6 4 2 2 0 1 4
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 19 220 191 29 52 29 38 41

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
37 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 0 3 13 11 2 2 0 3 3
9 Cassin, John ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 3 2
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 3 0
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 0 3 9 7 2 4 0 3 3
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 6 2 28 27 1 6 0 6 2
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 3 0 1 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 3 1 19 15 4 3 0 2 1
44 Halley, Len ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 3 4 1 3
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 1 3 12 7 5 5 7 1 3
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 10 3 3
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 2 13 11 2 1 0 3 0
31 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 0 1
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 2 1 7 4 3 2 0 0 2
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 0 2 1
27 Talbot, Sandy ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 2 1
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 2 0 17 13 4 5 0 3 0
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 3 4 17 17 0 4 0 1 3
22 Williams, John (vc) ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 6 0 2 2
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 3 1 27 24 3 6 0 2 6
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 21 20 264 215 49 62 21 41 38

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