1973 VFL Season Round 9: Richmond v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 4 June 1973 between Richmond and Collingwood during round nine of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Collingwood at VFL Park. In the absence of Royce Hart, deputy vice-captain Francis Bourke captained the hosts. Wayne Richardson captained the visitors with Len Thompson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Neil Mann.

Richmond (10.6.66) were defeated by Collingwood (15.15.105).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Richmond v Collingwood
Date: Monday 4 June 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 56,023

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Collingwood
Score: 10.6.66 - 15.15.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 2 6 . 2 6 . 4 10 . 6 10 . 6 (66)
Collingwood 7 . 6 10 . 8 14 . 12 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
Margin COLL by 28 COLL by 30 COLL by 56 COLL by 39 COLL by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Francis Bourke (acting)
Coach: Tom Hafey

Collingwood

Captain: Wayne Richardson
Vice-Captain: Len Thompson
Coach: Neil Mann

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Allford, Grant ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 2
24 Bond, Graeme ? ? 1 0 14 14 0 0 0 2 2
30 Bourke, Francis (ac) ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 4 0 3 3
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 1 0 6 6 0 2 0 2 1
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 1 2 17 12 5 3 0 4 2
11 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 1 1 0
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 25 23 2 9 0 2 2
40 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 6 0 0 1
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 3 0 10 8 2 3 0 1 1
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 1 1
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 5 10 4 0
31 McLean, Ricky ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 4 0 0 3
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 0 0 3 0
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 5 7 2 5
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 21 11 10 3 0 2 2
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 2 0 18 11 7 1 0 0 0
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 1 1 33 31 2 6 0 2 2
23 Thompson, Murray ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 0 0 5 0
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 6 276 205 71 60 18 34 27

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Bisset, George ? ? 2 2 28 25 3 6 0 1 0
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 2 0
37 Coles, Henry ? ? 0 2 10 10 0 2 0 2 2
19 Cranage, Paul ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 0 2
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 10 0 1 0
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 6 0 1 2
9 Dunstan, Graeme ? ? 0 1 20 17 3 9 0 2 2
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 3 0 2 2
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 2 1 6 6 0 4 5 2 2
38 Hyde, Robert ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 7 3 16 13 3 6 0 2 2
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 2 1 19 17 2 11 0 1 1
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 7 0 1 2
41 O'Sullivan, Danny ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Price, Barry ? ? 0 0 26 18 8 7 0 0 3
28 Reichman, Graeme ? ? 0 1 19 10 9 6 0 1 2
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 0 27 25 2 8 0 2 2
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 0 2 34 32 2 13 0 2 2
24 Salmon, Daryl ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 4 0 2 4
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 1 1 19 15 4 7 27 3 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 15 340 282 58 114 32 27 34

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