1973 VFL Season Round 5: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 5 May 1973 between Melbourne and Richmond during round five of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Stan Alves captained the hosts. Royce Hart captained the visitors with Kevin Bartlett as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ian Ridley and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Melbourne (13.13.91) were defeated by Richmond (16.14.110).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 5 May 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 37,685

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 13.13.91 - 16.14.110

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 3 5 . 7 8 . 12 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Richmond 3 . 3 5 . 6 8 . 9 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Margin RICH by 6 MELB by 1 MELB by 3 RICH by 19 RICH by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Ian Ridley

Richmond

Captain: Royce Hart
Vice-Captain: Kevin Bartlett
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 2 0 16 11 5 2 0 2 1
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 1 1
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 19 19 0 3 0 3 2
27 Brewer, Ross ? ? 2 1 14 12 2 3 0 2 2
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 1 1 26 25 1 1 0 2 3
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 0 0 3 1
24 Delmenico, Wayne ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 7 2 3 4
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 1 1 11 10 1 3 11 0 4
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 1 9 9 0 2 0 1 2
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 2 0 15 12 3 8 13 4 2
9 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 1 0 17 16 1 9 0 2 3
42 Morgan, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 1 0 1 3
34 Owens, Mal ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 2 1
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 3 2 13 11 2 6 0 0 1
22 Ritterman, Henry ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 2 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 4 0 3 0
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 7 0 2 0
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 3 23 20 3 5 0 5 4
30 Williamson, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 13 251 220 31 63 26 38 35

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 2 3 9 8 1 4 0 0 2
29 Bartlett, Kevin (vc) ? ? 2 2 27 25 2 1 0 2 2
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 1 2
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 2 0 13 11 2 3 0 0 1
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 2 1 12 8 4 1 1 2 1
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 0 2 27 21 6 4 1 2 3
11 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 5 7 2 2
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 3 3 19 16 3 3 1 5 1
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 0 0 1
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 1
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 1 2
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 6 19 2 0
31 McLean, Ricky ? ? 4 0 10 7 3 2 0 2 3
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 0 4 0 2
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 6 7 3 0
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 1 3
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 1 24 18 6 1 0 3 3
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 4 6
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 3 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 14 246 200 46 50 40 33 38

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