1973 VFL Season Round 8: South Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 26 May 1973 between South Melbourne and Carlton during round eight of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Carlton at Lakeside Oval. Peter Bedford captained the hosts. John Nicholls captained the visitors with Robert Walls as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Graeme John and the visitors were coached by John Nicholls.

South Melbourne (7.9.51) were defeated by Carlton (19.16.130).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: South Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 26 May 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 14,768

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Carlton
Score: 7.9.51 - 19.16.130

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 1 . 3 4 . 4 5 . 7 7 . 9 7 . 9 (51)
Carlton 5 . 2 9 . 4 14 . 11 19 . 16 19 . 16 (130)
Margin CARL by 23 CARL by 30 CARL by 58 CARL by 79 CARL by 79
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Peter Bedford
Coach: Graeme John

Carlton

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Aanensen, Vic ? ? 1 1 12 7 5 2 6 4 1
31 Ball, Ray ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 3 3
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 2
11 Bedford, Peter (c) ? ? 2 2 20 13 7 3 0 2 2
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 1 22 16 6 3 0 2 1
30 Craighead, Geoff ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 5 3
18 Davis, Bruce ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 6 0 3 2
28 Doyle, Robert ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 13 0 3
43 Ewin, Wayne ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 2 4
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 0 4 2
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 2 0 26 23 3 3 0 3 0
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 0 0 1 0
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 1 0
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 3 0 2 4
22 Moore, Eric ? ? 1 0 14 10 4 4 0 0 2
38 Obudzinski, Ted ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2
21 Pitura, John ? ? 1 0 26 22 4 4 0 0 2
19 Prentice, Jim ? ? 0 3 24 19 5 10 0 1 1
20 Thomson, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 1 2 4
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 0 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 7 9 301 233 68 61 20 37 40

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 0
4 Catoggio, Vin ? ? 1 2 7 6 1 2 1 1 0
22 Chandler, Neil ? ? 0 0 27 19 8 5 0 3 6
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 2 30 27 3 3 0 5 2
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 1 2
27 Dickson, David ? ? 0 1 27 16 11 9 0 3 2
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 12 3 9 5 0 0 2
31 Hall, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 1 1
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 1 1 17 11 6 2 0 1 1
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 0 2 27 23 4 5 0 2 3
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 7 11 2 15 3 2
16 Kennedy, Greg ? ? 3 1 7 6 1 1 0 3 1
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 1 0 20 12 8 3 0 2 1
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 2 22 21 1 13 7 2 0
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 2 0 11 5 6 4 6 1 3
19 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 2 0 2 2
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 2 0
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 29 16 13 6 0 4 3
42 Walls, Robert (vc) ? ? 3 1 23 20 3 12 0 3 4
18 Walsh, Brian ? ? 8 3 28 20 8 8 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 16 367 259 108 92 29 40 37

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