1973 VFL Round 3: Collingwood v Geelong
This is the match report for the match played on 21 April 1973 between Collingwood and Geelong during round 3 of the 1973 VFL season.
Collingwood hosted Geelong at Victoria Park.
Wayne Richardson captained the hosts with Len Thompson as vice-captain.
Geoff Ainsworth captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Neil Mann and the visitors were coached by Graham Farmer.
Collingwood
W. Richardson (capt.), L. Thompson (vice-capt.), G. Bisset, C. Britt, J. Clifton, H. Coles, R. Dean, M. Delahunty, R. Dunne, G. Dunstan, D. Gott, B. Heard, G. Jenkin, P. Manassa, P. McKenna, R. Oborne, B. Price, G. Reichman, M. Richardson, D. Salmon
Geelong
G. Ainsworth (capt.), G. Andrews, D. Barkley, D. Clarke, W. Closter, G. Davidson, T. Evans, T. Gilmore, I. Hampshire, J. Hawkins, K. Higgins, G. Linke, T. Mayne, B. Nankervis, I. Nankervis, K. Newland, S. Newman, P. Sarah, P. Stephens, P. Stevens
Collingwood (21.23.149) defeated Geelong (11.13.79).
Goalkickers
Collingwood: H. Coles (4), R. Oborne (4), P. McKenna (3), G. Bisset (2), G. Jenkin (2), L. Thompson (2), R. Dean, B. Heard, M. Richardson, W. Richardson
Geelong: P. Sarah (3), G. Andrews, D. Barkley, W. Closter, T. Gilmore, T. Mayne, I. Nankervis, K. Newland, P. Stephens
As a result of this match, Collingwood remained 1st on the ladder and Geelong were then 12th on the ladder (down from 10th) by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1973 VFL Season
Round:
Round 3
Teams:
Collingwood
v
Geelong
Date:
Saturday 21 April 1973
Time:
2:10 PM
Venue:
Victoria Park
Attendance:
24,042
Match Results
Outcome:
Collingwood
def.
Geelong
Score:
21.23.149 - 11.13.79
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collingwood | 6 | . | 5 | 11 | . | 13 | 15 | . | 18 | 21 | . | 23 | 21 | . | 23 | (149) |
| Geelong | 2 | . | 4 | 6 | . | 5 | 8 | . | 7 | 11 | . | 13 | 11 | . | 13 | (79) |
| Margin | COLL by 25 | COLL by 38 | COLL by 53 | COLL by 70 | COLL by 70 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Neil Mann
(Collingwood),
Graham Farmer
(Geelong)
Captains:
Wayne Richardson
(Collingwood),
Geoff Ainsworth
(Geelong)
Vice-Captains:
Len Thompson
(Collingwood),
unknown
(Geelong)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
B. Deller
Player Statistics
Collingwood
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Bisset, George | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 31 | 23 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 27 | Britt, Con | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Clifton, Jeff | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | Coles, Henry | ? | ? | 4 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 26 | Dean, Robert | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Delahunty, Mike | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | Dunne, Ross | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Dunstan, Graeme | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Gott, Doug | ? | ? | 0 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Heard, Bob | ? | ? | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Jenkin, Graeme | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| 31 | Manassa, Phil | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | McKenna, Peter | ? | ? | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Oborne, Rod | ? | ? | 4 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Price, Barry | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 28 | Reichman, Graeme | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Richardson, Max | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | Richardson, Wayne (c) | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 28 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 24 | Salmon, Daryl | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Thompson, Len (vc) | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| Rushed | 3 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 21 | 23 | 331 | 263 | 68 | 104 | 25 | 21 | 35 | |||
Geelong
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Ainsworth, Geoff (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Andrews, Gareth | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Barkley, David | ? | ? | 1 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | Clarke, David | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 33 | 30 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 1 | Closter, Wayne | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Davidson, Garry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | Evans, Tim | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | Gilmore, Tony | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Hampshire, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 |
| 26 | Hawkins, Jack | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | Higgins, Kevin | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 34 | Linke, Graeme | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Mayne, Terry | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Nankervis, Bruce | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 40 | Nankervis, Ian | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Newland, Ken | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Newman, Sam | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Sarah, Paul | ? | ? | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Stephens, Peter | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Stevens, Phil | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 11 | 13 | 247 | 206 | 41 | 69 | 24 | 34 | 21 | |||