1973 VFL Season Round 6: St Kilda v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 12 May 1973 between St Kilda and Essendon during round six of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Essendon at Moorabbin Oval. Stuart Trott captained the hosts. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with John Williams as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

St Kilda (18.13.121) were defeated by Essendon (21.14.140).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: St Kilda v Essendon
Date: Saturday 12 May 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Moorabbin Oval
Attendance: 23,130

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Essendon
Score: 18.13.121 - 21.14.140

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 3 . 3 7 . 5 13 . 11 18 . 13 18 . 13 (121)
Essendon 6 . 2 13 . 8 16 . 9 21 . 14 21 . 14 (140)
Margin ESSE by 17 ESSE by 39 ESSE by 16 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Stuart Trott
Coach: Allan Jeans

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 2 1
1 Bonney, John ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 3
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 3 1 22 15 7 4 0 6 4
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 1 0 27 15 12 6 1 2 2
28 Corner, Ian ? ? 1 2 15 14 1 1 0 0 4
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 0 1 28 23 5 8 0 5 1
16 Ellis, David ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 2
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 2 1 13 11 2 0 8 2 2
42 Judson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 6 0 1 1
37 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 0 0 4 1
26 Manzie, John ? ? 0 1 24 18 6 4 0 1 2
15 Moran, Jeff ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 0 0 2 3
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 2 0 9 8 1 3 24 4 5
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 2
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 0 2
21 Reynolds, Russell ? ? 4 0 11 9 2 6 0 1 2
30 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 2 2 1 3
22 Stephens, John ? ? 0 2 6 6 0 1 0 2 0
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 2 2 20 15 5 5 0 3 2
7 Trott, Stuart (c) ? ? 1 2 22 19 3 5 0 4 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 13 283 226 57 58 35 42 43

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 9 0 1 4
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 0 3 1
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 2 0 15 13 2 6 0 2 4
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 1 0 20 14 6 4 0 6 4
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 2 1 4
53 Middleton, Graham ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 0 0 5 2
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 3 2
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 1 1 20 13 7 8 9 4 1
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 5 2 20 15 5 7 1 3 3
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 3 1 18 18 0 6 0 3 4
16 Perry, Greg ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 4 13 2 1
31 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 2 0 3 0
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 1 1 7 5 2 2 0 0 0
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 0 2
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 2 3 20 17 3 1 0 2 2
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 3 3 12 12 0 1 0 3 0
22 Williams, John (vc) ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 0 5
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 1 2 19 19 0 2 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 21 14 258 220 38 62 25 43 42

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