1973 VFL Season Round 9: Geelong v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 June 1973 between Geelong and North Melbourne during round nine of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted North Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Geoff Ainsworth captained the hosts. Barry Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Farmer and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Geelong (14.6.90) were defeated by North Melbourne (18.13.121).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Geelong v North Melbourne
Date: Monday 4 June 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 18,868

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by North Melbourne
Score: 14.6.90 - 18.13.121

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 2 5 . 3 11 . 4 14 . 6 14 . 6 (90)
North Melbourne 3 . 3 7 . 6 12 . 11 18 . 13 18 . 13 (121)
Margin NMLB by 7 NMLB by 15 NMLB by 13 NMLB by 31 NMLB by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Geoff Ainsworth
Coach: Graham Farmer

North Melbourne

Captain: Barry Davis
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff (c) ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 0 1
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 1 2 8 6 2 3 0 1 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 0 22 21 1 5 0 4 3
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 5 0 1 0
2 Davidson, Garry ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 5 0 3 2
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 4 2 8 8 0 6 0 2 0
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 5 1 1
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 9 0 2 1
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 1 0 24 20 4 3 0 3 1
34 Linke, Graeme ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 3 2
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 2 0 1 3
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 1 0 31 22 9 7 0 1 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 7 0 4 5
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 1 0 12 5 7 5 15 3 5
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 1 0 19 12 7 2 6 5 3
18 Stephens, Peter ? ? 2 2 11 11 0 5 1 2 3
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 1 1
27 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 2
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 1 0
38 Yates, Warwick ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 1 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 6 278 220 58 77 28 39 39

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 3 1 11 10 1 6 0 0 2
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 0 1 28 26 2 3 1 0 2
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 3 1
7 Doolan, Vin ? ? 2 1 24 17 7 4 1 4 2
16 Farrant, Doug ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 0 3
28 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 1 0 4 0
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 1 24 20 4 4 1 4 4
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 5 9 1 3
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 0 1
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 3 3
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 2 0 4 0
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 2
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 0 0 1 1
3 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 1 1
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 2 0 7 6 1 3 15 1 5
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 1
9 Pretty, David ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 0 4 1
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 3 1 21 17 4 4 0 4 3
2 Wade, Doug ? ? 6 7 18 15 3 9 0 4 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 18 13 284 231 53 61 27 39 39

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