1973 VFL Season Round 3: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 23 April 1973 between Melbourne and Carlton during round three of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Carlton at the MCG. Stan Alves captained the hosts. John Nicholls captained the visitors with Robert Walls as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ian Ridley and the visitors were coached by John Nicholls.

Melbourne (11.9.75) were defeated by Carlton (11.16.82).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Monday 23 April 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 49,439

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Carlton
Score: 11.9.75 - 11.16.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 2 8 . 3 10 . 5 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Carlton 1 . 6 4 . 8 7 . 13 11 . 16 11 . 16 (82)
Margin MELB by 8 MELB by 19 MELB by 10 CARL by 7 CARL by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Ian Ridley

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Vice-Captain: Robert Walls
Coach: John Nicholls

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 1 2 18 12 6 3 0 1 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 8 1 3 4
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 2 0 3 0
27 Brewer, Ross ? ? 2 1 13 13 0 4 0 1 1
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 1 0 4 2
5 Clennett, John ? ? 1 1 15 14 1 9 8 4 0
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 2 0 1 2
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 1 2
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 3 0 0 1
43 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 1 0 0 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 2 0 16 11 5 3 0 3 4
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 1 0 15 14 1 8 10 2 2
9 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 0 0 30 29 1 16 0 4 1
29 Leary, Noel ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 5 0 0 3
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 2 1 12 8 4 8 0 1 2
22 Ritterman, Henry ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 0 2 2
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 2 3
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 2 0 3 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 9 278 235 43 79 19 36 37

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 2 0 27 25 2 2 0 3 1
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 0
22 Chandler, Neil ? ? 0 2 27 17 10 10 0 3 3
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 5 0 3 3
27 Dickson, David ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 5 0 0 1
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 2 3
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 3 0 1 2
31 Hall, Peter ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
33 Hurst, Paul ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 5 0 3 1
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 2 1 22 20 2 6 0 1 6
16 Kennedy, Greg ? ? 1 5 12 10 2 4 0 4 3
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 2 2 20 19 1 5 0 4 1
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 8 11 0 2
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 2 0 11 6 5 3 10 1 2
19 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 1 0
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 3 1
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 0 1
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 4 0
42 Walls, Robert (vc) ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 6 0 1 5
18 Walsh, Brian ? ? 1 2 24 16 8 7 0 3 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 11 16 301 238 63 82 21 37 36

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