1973 VFL Season Round 3: North Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 21 April 1973 between North Melbourne and Fitzroy during round three of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Arden Street Oval. Barry Davis captained the hosts. John Murphy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Graham Donaldson.

North Melbourne (11.18.84) defeated Fitzroy (10.18.78).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: North Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 21 April 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 18,704

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 11.18.84 - 10.18.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 1 7 . 7 10 . 11 11 . 18 11 . 18 (84)
Fitzroy 4 . 3 5 . 7 10 . 15 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Margin FITZ by 14 NMLB by 12 FITZ by 4 NMLB by 6 NMLB by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Barry Davis
Coach: Ron Barassi

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 4 0 0 3
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 0 3 3
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 2 2 30 26 4 9 0 1 2
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 2 3
7 Doolan, Vin ? ? 1 1 16 10 6 1 0 1 0
16 Farrant, Doug ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
28 Farrant, Garry ? ? 1 0 24 19 5 5 1 2 1
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 1 0 24 17 7 6 0 0 2
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 9 22 0 2
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 4 0
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 4 0 1 3
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 0 3 17 12 5 3 7 4 4
3 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 5 2
25 Nunn, Bill ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
8 Peterson, Robert ? ? 0 3 28 19 9 0 0 3 5
5 Rantall, John ? ? 1 1 26 22 4 7 0 3 0
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 3 1 1
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 2 2 15 12 3 2 0 6 4
26 Smith, Rob ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 5 0 0 1
2 Wade, Doug ? ? 2 3 6 6 0 2 0 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 18 314 240 74 69 33 36 38

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 7 3 0
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 2 19 1 2
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 2 3
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 2 27 24 3 4 0 2 1
19 McMahon, David ? ? 2 2 8 8 0 2 0 1 1
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 3 0
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 3 0 2 2
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 0 3 22 16 6 3 0 6 5
1 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 3 2 2
30 Noonan, Gerry ? ? 0 2 3 2 1 0 0 1 0
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 0 0 1 3
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 1 4 13 11 2 3 1 2 3
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 3 0 3 1
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 9 3 1 1
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 8 0 2 4
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
31 Sinclair, Allan ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 4 1 0 4
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 0 0
9 Wall, David ? ? 5 2 18 17 1 4 0 3 2
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 2 0 22 15 7 4 0 3 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 18 271 217 54 63 34 38 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