1973 VFL Season Round 4: Richmond v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1973 between Richmond and North Melbourne during round four of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted North Melbourne at the MCG. In the absence of Royce Hart, vice-captain Kevin Bartlett captained the hosts with Francis Bourke as vice-captain. Barry Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Richmond (11.18.84) were defeated by North Melbourne (14.20.104).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Richmond v North Melbourne
Date: Wednesday 25 April 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 48,923

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by North Melbourne
Score: 11.18.84 - 14.20.104

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Richmond	2	.	7	7	.	13	9	.	14	11	.	18	11	.	18	(84)
North Melbourne	2	.	5	5	.	9	8	.	16	14	.	20	14	.	20	(104)
Margin	RICH by 2			RICH by 16			RICH by 4			NMLB by 20			NMLB by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Bartlett (acting)
Vice-Captain: Francis Bourke (acting)
Coach: Tom Hafey

North Melbourne

Captain: Barry Davis
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Richmond

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
21	Balme, Neil	?	?	2	2	12	8	4	7	0	2	2
29	Bartlett, Kevin (ac)	?	?	0	2	31	30	1	1	0	1	3
24	Bond, Graeme	?	?	0	0	17	13	4	1	0	0	0
30	Bourke, Francis (avc)	?	?	0	0	26	21	5	5	0	3	2
8	Clay, Dick	?	?	0	0	15	15	0	4	0	2	3
41	Cloke, Peter	?	?	2	2	7	5	2	3	0	0	1
3	Dean, Roger	?	?	1	3	20	18	2	4	0	2	7
11	Fowler, Laurie	?	?	0	0	8	7	1	1	0	3	1
37	Green, Mike	?	?	2	2	14	14	0	8	4	0	2
25	Leech, Eric	?	?	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
12	McGhie, Robbie	?	?	0	0	11	9	2	5	1	1	1
9	McKellar, Craig	?	?	0	0	6	5	1	1	10	1	1
14	McMillan, Marty	?	?	0	1	8	6	2	2	0	0	1
38	Morris, Kevin	?	?	2	1	17	12	5	0	0	2	0
15	Roberts, Brian	?	?	2	1	20	13	7	7	18	4	4
10	Sheedy, Kevin	?	?	0	0	16	13	3	4	0	2	5
6	Sproule, Paul	?	?	0	0	14	10	4	0	0	1	0
2	Stewart, Ian	?	?	0	1	6	6	0	1	0	0	0
7	Walsh, Wayne	?	?	0	0	19	14	5	3	0	4	5
16	Wood, Bryan	?	?	0	1	14	9	5	4	0	3	1
Rushed					2
Total (20 players)				11	18	282	229	53	61	33	31	39

North Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
29	Baker, Phil	?	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Briedis, Arnold	?	?	0	0	12	10	2	2	0	1	1
13	Cowton, Gary	?	?	0	1	23	15	8	4	0	3	0
32	Davis, Barry (c)	?	?	0	1	22	15	7	3	1	1	1
35	Dawson, Mark	?	?	0	0	3	1	2	2	0	0	0
23	Dench, David	?	?	0	0	13	10	3	2	1	4	1
28	Farrant, Garry	?	?	0	0	15	11	4	6	0	2	0
18	Feltham, Paul	?	?	1	0	19	17	2	1	0	0	1
10	Goodingham, Barry	?	?	0	0	18	11	7	7	16	1	2
27	Greig, Keith	?	?	0	0	17	13	4	3	0	4	0
34	Henshaw, Ross	?	?	0	0	18	13	5	9	0	1	3
4	Kekovich, Sam	?	?	4	7	22	20	2	6	4	5	6
3	Muir, Russell	?	?	0	0	11	6	5	0	0	2	0
8	Peterson, Robert	?	?	2	3	31	20	11	3	0	4	2
5	Rantall, John	?	?	0	1	33	27	6	8	0	2	5
19	Ryan, Phil	?	?	2	0	8	8	0	4	0	0	0
20	Schimmelbusch, Wayne	?	?	3	3	16	11	5	7	0	3	2
26	Smith, Rob	?	?	0	0	8	7	1	1	1	2	2
14	Sutton, Darryl	?	?	0	0	14	12	2	3	0	4	2
2	Wade, Doug	?	?	2	3	12	6	6	5	0	0	3
Rushed					1
Total (20 players)				14	20	315	233	82	76	23	39	31

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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