1973 VFL Season Round 7: Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 May 1973 between Melbourne and South Melbourne during round seven of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at the MCG. Stan Alves captained the hosts. Peter Bedford captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ian Ridley and the visitors were coached by Graeme John.

Melbourne (17.10.112) defeated South Melbourne (12.11.83).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 19 May 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 16,075

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. South Melbourne
Score: 17.10.112 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 1 9 . 2 11 . 5 17 . 10 17 . 10 (112)
South Melbourne 3 . 2 6 . 4 9 . 9 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Margin MELB by 5 MELB by 16 MELB by 8 MELB by 29 MELB by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Ian Ridley

South Melbourne

Captain: Peter Bedford
Coach: Graeme John

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Artso

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 2 1 15 11 4 5 0 1 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 4 1 11 10 1 5 0 0 2
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 2 5
27 Brewer, Ross ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 4
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 2 1 28 24 4 2 0 4 2
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 2 16 12 4 4 0 3 3
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 2 2
24 Delmenico, Wayne ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 Dilnot, Peter ? ? 0 1 16 15 1 2 0 5 3
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 8 17 3 2
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 8 0 2 2
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 2 0 7 6 1 2 16 2 4
9 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 6 1 3 1
20 McSpeerin, Shane ? ? 2 0 6 6 0 2 0 1 2
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 2 0 16 13 3 4 1 2 4
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 2 2 23 17 6 15 0 2 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 6 0 1 4
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 3 3
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 2 31 27 4 6 0 7 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 10 267 227 40 80 35 44 50

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Aanensen, Vic ? ? 1 1 10 8 2 6 4 3 3
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 2 0 1 1
11 Bedford, Peter (c) ? ? 1 3 22 16 6 4 0 3 2
8 Beecroft, Barry ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 2 3 2 0
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 1 1 7 6 1 0 0 2 2
18 Davis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 0 0 3 5
28 Doyle, Robert ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 13 1 3
43 Ewin, Wayne ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 3 1
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 2 4 30 30 0 4 0 8 3
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 1 0 20 17 3 3 0 2 5
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 3 0 2 2
22 Moore, Eric ? ? 2 0 9 8 1 3 0 1 4
6 Murphy, John ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 2 1
39 Norris, Michael ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 0
21 Pitura, John ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 0 0 2 4
19 Prentice, Jim ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 7 0 4 4
42 Stibbard, Robert ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 2 2
20 Thomson, Ian ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 2 0
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 5 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 11 252 210 42 47 20 50 44

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