1973 VFL Season Round 6: North Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 12 May 1973 between North Melbourne and South Melbourne during round six of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at VFL Park. Peter Bedford captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Graeme John.

North Melbourne (18.16.124) defeated South Melbourne (11.14.80).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: North Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 12 May 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 10,058

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. South Melbourne
Score: 18.16.124 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 5 8 . 7 15 . 13 18 . 16 18 . 16 (124)
South Melbourne 5 . 3 7 . 8 8 . 9 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Margin SMLB by 10 NMLB by 5 NMLB by 46 NMLB by 44 NMLB by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ron Barassi

South Melbourne

Captain: Peter Bedford
Coach: Graeme John

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 1 0 7 7 0 1 2 0 2
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 1 2 25 18 7 10 0 3 3
35 Dawson, Mark ? ? 2 1 11 6 5 4 0 1 4
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 1 0
7 Doolan, Vin ? ? 1 1 19 16 3 4 0 0 1
16 Farrant, Doug ? ? 4 1 9 7 2 5 1 1 0
28 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 2 1
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 1 23 18 5 2 0 2 3
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 1 19 16 3 7 18 7 4
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 1 1
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 1 1 32 21 11 5 0 4 1
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 5 5 23 21 2 10 3 3 3
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 2 1
3 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 4 0 0 3
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1
25 Nunn, Bill ? ? 1 0 16 9 7 1 1 2 6
8 Peterson, Robert ? ? 1 2 35 28 7 4 0 6 4
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 2 1 1
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 1 1 18 14 4 7 0 3 2
14 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 18 16 321 238 83 81 28 39 41

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Aanensen, Vic ? ? 1 2 9 8 1 4 4 4 2
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 4 1 8 7 1 2 0 2 1
11 Bedford, Peter (c) ? ? 3 3 27 21 6 12 0 3 3
8 Beecroft, Barry ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 3 0
32 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 0
18 Davis, Bruce ? ? 1 3 29 24 5 5 1 5 0
28 Doyle, Robert ? ? 1 1 18 9 9 6 26 3 7
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 1
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 4 2 3 2
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 4 0 2 0
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 6 0 4 1
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 5 0 1 3
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 4 0 3 3
6 Murphy, John ? ? 0 3 15 14 1 5 1 3 7
19 Prentice, Jim ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 7 2 0 3
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 0 0
41 Stibbard, Neville ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0
42 Stibbard, Robert ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 0 0 1 2
20 Thomson, Ian ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 2 0 3
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 14 276 225 51 74 38 41 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