1973 VFL Season Round 4: Geelong v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 April 1973 between Geelong and South Melbourne during round four of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted South Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Geoff Ainsworth captained the hosts. Peter Bedford captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Farmer and the visitors were coached by Graeme John.

Geelong (17.16.118) defeated South Melbourne (12.14.86).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Geelong v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 28 April 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 14,739

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. South Melbourne
Score: 17.16.118 - 12.14.86

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Geelong	3	.	0	7	.	3	13	.	11	17	.	16	17	.	16	(118)
South Melbourne	5	.	3	8	.	6	8	.	8	12	.	14	12	.	14	(86)
Margin	SMLB by 15			SMLB by 9			GEEL by 33			GEEL by 32			GEEL by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Geoff Ainsworth
Coach: Graham Farmer

South Melbourne

Captain: Peter Bedford
Coach: Graeme John

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Lyons

Player Statistics

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
25	Ainsworth, Geoff (c)	?	?	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	2	2
6	Andrews, Gareth	?	?	0	0	4	3	1	2	0	0	2
5	Barkley, David	?	?	2	4	21	16	5	7	0	2	5
14	Clarke, David	?	?	2	2	32	30	2	11	0	4	4
1	Closter, Wayne	?	?	1	0	19	18	1	2	0	6	2
2	Davidson, Garry	?	?	0	0	13	12	1	4	0	3	4
11	Evans, Tim	?	?	0	0	18	18	0	4	0	5	1
24	Gilmore, Tony	?	?	0	0	14	14	0	4	0	2	1
22	Hampshire, Ian	?	?	3	1	20	11	9	10	9	3	4
26	Hawkins, Jack	?	?	0	0	14	11	3	6	1	3	1
39	Higgins, Kevin	?	?	1	0	21	15	6	2	0	2	3
34	Linke, Graeme	?	?	0	0	7	7	0	3	0	2	1
9	Mayne, Terry	?	?	0	0	5	3	2	1	0	1	4
33	Nankervis, Bruce	?	?	0	1	17	13	4	5	0	2	3
40	Nankervis, Ian	?	?	2	1	38	26	12	5	0	7	3
3	Newland, Ken	?	?	3	4	11	9	2	4	2	1	2
17	Newman, Sam	?	?	1	1	13	6	7	6	10	4	4
13	Sarah, Paul	?	?	1	0	11	8	3	4	1	2	2
30	Scarlett, John	?	?	1	1	21	16	5	0	2	6	8
4	Stevens, Phil	?	?	0	0	18	13	5	4	0	2	2
Rushed					1
Total (20 players)				17	16	322	254	68	84	25	59	58

South Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
4	Baskin, Keith	?	?	1	0	4	4	0	3	0	1	7
11	Bedford, Peter (c)	?	?	1	1	14	11	3	4	0	4	2
8	Beecroft, Barry	?	?	0	0	8	8	0	4	3	3	2
32	Brown, Peter	?	?	0	0	14	11	3	5	0	2	3
17	Cook, Russell	?	?	0	0	16	12	4	6	4	2	4
30	Craighead, Geoff	?	?	0	0	6	5	1	2	1	1	4
18	Davis, Bruce	?	?	0	0	6	5	1	0	0	1	0
28	Doyle, Robert	?	?	0	0	16	10	6	2	9	6	4
27	Gleeson, Reg	?	?	0	0	10	10	0	3	0	1	2
12	Goss, Norm	?	?	2	2	26	25	1	5	0	7	1
26	Hoffman, Steve	?	?	2	2	18	17	1	5	0	2	2
33	Lambert, Greg	?	?	0	1	19	18	1	9	0	2	6
25	McAuliffe, Haydn	?	?	1	0	24	22	2	6	0	5	3
29	McLeish, David	?	?	0	0	12	12	0	1	0	5	2
5	Miller, Greg	?	?	0	0	10	10	0	2	0	5	2
22	Moore, Eric	?	?	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2
21	Pitura, John	?	?	4	7	29	19	10	10	0	4	4
19	Prentice, Jim	?	?	0	0	7	7	0	4	0	2	2
16	Quade, Ricky	?	?	1	1	12	10	2	5	0	1	3
10	Woodman, Brian	?	?	0	0	16	15	1	2	0	3	4
Rushed					0
Total (20 players)				12	14	269	233	36	78	17	58	59

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

Links

1973 VFL Season

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