1973 VFL Season Round 9: Carlton v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 4 June 1973 between Carlton and Essendon during round nine of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Essendon at Princes Park. John Nicholls captained the hosts with Robert Walls as vice-captain. In the absence of Des Tuddenham, vice-captain John Williams captained the visitors with Alan Noonan as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by John Nicholls and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

Carlton (19.19.133) defeated Essendon (13.14.92).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Carlton v Essendon
Date: Monday 4 June 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 40,143

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Essendon
Score: 19.19.133 - 13.14.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 5 . 3 11 . 4 15 . 12 19 . 19 19 . 19 (133)
Essendon 2 . 2 5 . 4 8 . 9 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Margin CARL by 19 CARL by 36 CARL by 45 CARL by 41 CARL by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

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

Essendon

Captain: John Williams (acting)
Vice-Captain: Alan Noonan (acting)
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 1 1 17 17 0 4 0 1 5
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
22 Chandler, Neil ? ? 2 2 20 17 3 2 0 0 4
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 1 19 14 5 6 0 1 5
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 6 0 3 5
27 Dickson, David ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 5 0 1 3
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 1 0 0 2
31 Hall, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 2 0
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 3 1 15 14 1 1 0 2 2
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 1 4 16 12 4 5 0 2 2
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 4 1 22 12 10 9 12 3 3
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 1 0 26 24 2 3 0 5 0
34 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 3 0
43 McKay, David ? ? 4 2 14 14 0 8 5 1 2
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 0 1 13 4 9 2 22 1 4
19 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 3 0 1 3
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 4 0 3 2
42 Walls, Robert (vc) ? ? 0 3 16 15 1 7 0 1 6
18 Walsh, Brian ? ? 3 2 19 14 5 4 0 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 19 311 236 75 75 39 33 49

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
19 Close, Robin ? ? 2 1 12 11 1 4 0 2 4
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 2 0
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 1 4 4
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 0 22 21 1 2 0 8 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 2 24 23 1 6 0 2 0
44 Halley, Len ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 2 3 2
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 0 0 3
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 1 4 18 16 2 5 6 4 0
10 Noonan, Alan (avc) ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 3 0 3 2
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 1 0 14 13 1 1 0 0 2
16 Perry, Greg ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 3 10 4 5
31 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 0 1
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 1 2 11 7 4 2 0 0 2
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 5 0 15 15 0 2 0 4 1
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 1 0
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 5 0 2 2
22 Williams, John (ac) ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 6 1
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 1 2 12 11 1 2 0 3 2
55 Wright, Ross ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 14 244 210 34 50 19 48 32

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