1973 VFL 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 4 of the 1973 VFL season. Richmond hosted North Melbourne at 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
K. Bartlett (capt.), F. Bourke (vice-capt.), N. Balme, G. Bond, D. Clay, P. Cloke, R. Dean, L. Fowler, M. Green, E. Leech, R. McGhie, C. McKellar, M. McMillan, K. Morris, B. Roberts, K. Sheedy, P. Sproule, I. Stewart, W. Walsh, B. Wood

North Melbourne
B. Davis (capt.), P. Baker, A. Briedis, G. Cowton, M. Dawson, D. Dench, G. Farrant, P. Feltham, B. Goodingham, K. Greig, R. Henshaw, S. Kekovich, R. Muir, R. Peterson, J. Rantall, P. Ryan, W. Schimmelbusch, R. Smith, D. Sutton, D. Wade

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

Goalkickers
Richmond: N. Balme (2), P. Cloke (2), M. Green (2), K. Morris (2), B. Roberts (2), R. Dean
North Melbourne: S. Kekovich (4), W. Schimmelbusch (3), R. Peterson (2), P. Ryan (2), D. Wade (2), P. Feltham

As a result of this match, Richmond were then 4th on the ladder (down from 3rd) and North Melbourne were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 5th) by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Tom Hafey (Richmond), Ron Barassi (North Melbourne)
Captains: Kevin Bartlett (Richmond), Barry Davis (North Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: Francis Bourke (Richmond), unknown (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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