1973 VFL Season Round 5: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 5 May 1973 between Essendon and Geelong during round five of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Des Tuddenham captained the hosts with John Williams as vice-captain. Geoff Ainsworth captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Graham Farmer.

Essendon (16.26.122) defeated Geelong (15.16.106).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 5 May 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 19,007

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 16.26.122 - 15.16.106

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 6 8 . 13 11 . 18 16 . 26 16 . 26 (122)
Geelong 5 . 6 7 . 10 10 . 12 15 . 16 15 . 16 (106)
Margin GEEL by 12 ESSE by 9 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 16 ESSE by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Des Tuddenham
Vice-Captain: John Williams
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Geelong

Captain: Geoff Ainsworth
Coach: Graham Farmer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Artso

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
19 Close, Robin ? ? 2 2 18 15 3 5 0 3 1
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 3 4
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 2 0 2 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 1 18 18 0 4 0 1 4
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 2 11 7 4 1 0 1 0
44 Halley, Len ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 0 2 8 7 1 1 0 2 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 9 0 0
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 5 0 1 0
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 1 1 22 17 5 9 11 4 2
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 3 1 20 20 0 8 1 3 2
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 1 10 10 0 1 0 1 3
16 Perry, Greg ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 5 6 3 3
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 2 6 11 10 1 3 0 2 5
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 6 0 4 2
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 2 1 19 15 4 3 0 2 3
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 2 5 14 14 0 4 0 3 2
22 Williams, John (vc) ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 3 0
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 2 0 30 28 2 2 0 1 2
55 Wright, Ross ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 3 0 0 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 16 26 267 234 33 70 27 39 36

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff (c) ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 1 1
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 1
5 Barkley, David ? ? 1 3 9 8 1 6 0 1 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 2 3 29 25 4 7 0 2 1
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 2 0 17 16 1 5 0 1 1
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 5 0 1 0
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 2
24 Gilmore, Tony ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 0 0 0 0
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 5 5 1 5
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 2 2
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 2 0 2 5
34 Linke, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 5 0 8 0
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 2 0 19 15 4 7 0 3 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 2 3 30 19 11 1 0 3 5
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 2 2 9 7 2 1 0 3 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 5 12 5 4
37 Russell, Ivan ? ? 1 1 7 4 3 2 0 0 0
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 1 2 8 8 0 2 0 0 1
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 1 0 15 9 6 5 0 1 5
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 0 0 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 16 254 195 59 62 17 36 39

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