1973 VFL Season Round 3: Collingwood v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 21 April 1973 between Collingwood and Geelong during round three of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (21.23.149) defeated Geelong (11.13.79).

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

Collingwood

Captain: Wayne Richardson
Vice-Captain: Len Thompson
Coach: Neil Mann

Geelong

Captain: Geoff Ainsworth
Coach: Graham Farmer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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