1973 VFL Season Round 6: Richmond v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 12 May 1973 between Richmond and Carlton during round six of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Carlton at the MCG. In the absence of Royce Hart, vice-captain Kevin Bartlett captained the hosts. John Nicholls captained the visitors with Robert Walls as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by John Nicholls.

Richmond (18.20.128) defeated Carlton (15.12.102).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Richmond v Carlton
Date: Saturday 12 May 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 54,139

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Carlton
Score: 18.20.128 - 15.12.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 6 12 . 12 13 . 16 18 . 20 18 . 20 (128)
Carlton 5 . 2 5 . 3 11 . 6 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Margin CARL by 14 RICH by 51 RICH by 22 RICH by 26 RICH by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Bartlett (acting)
Coach: Tom Hafey

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Vice-Captain: Robert Walls
Coach: John Nicholls

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Allford, Grant ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
29 Bartlett, Kevin (ac) ? ? 2 2 26 26 0 3 1 2 5
24 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 1 0 2 0
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 4 14 12 2 6 0 2 2
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 2 2 17 13 4 3 1 1 1
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 2 1 22 16 6 4 0 1 4
37 Green, Mike ? ? 5 1 8 8 0 3 4 1 0
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 5 0 2 0
40 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 1
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 2 3 23 21 2 5 0 5 2
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 2 2
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 9 0 0
31 McLean, Ricky ? ? 3 2 13 11 2 3 0 3 3
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 3 3 3 2
46 Nalder, Bill ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Rae, Stephen ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 2 0 0 1
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 10 22 3 3
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 0 1
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 1 22 18 4 4 0 2 1
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 1 0 1 2
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 18 20 290 234 56 65 40 31 30

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 0
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 1 3
22 Chandler, Neil ? ? 0 1 22 15 7 7 0 4 2
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 8 0 3 1
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 26 19 7 4 0 1 5
27 Dickson, David ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 3 0 0 1
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 2 0 4 2
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 3 1
31 Hall, Peter ? ? 1 0 24 17 7 5 0 3 3
33 Hurst, Paul ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 2
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 2 1 21 18 3 5 0 2 0
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 2 0 12 5 7 8 18 1 1
16 Kennedy, Greg ? ? 2 4 13 10 3 4 0 1 1
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 3 0 2 2
43 McKay, David ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 12 6 0 1
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 4 0 10 8 2 2 11 2 1
19 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 1 0
13 Pascoe, Eric ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 0 0
42 Walls, Robert (vc) ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 2 0 1 4
18 Walsh, Brian ? ? 1 1 22 16 6 6 0 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 15 12 299 219 80 81 35 30 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