1973 VFL Season Round 10: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 9 June 1973 between Melbourne and Geelong during round ten of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Stan Alves captained the hosts. Geoff Ainsworth captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ian Ridley and the visitors were coached by Graham Farmer.

Melbourne (20.19.139) defeated Geelong (11.15.81).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 9 June 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 19,900

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 20.19.139 - 11.15.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 6 8 . 13 16 . 16 20 . 19 20 . 19 (139)
Geelong 3 . 7 4 . 9 6 . 12 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Margin GEEL by 7 MELB by 28 MELB by 64 MELB by 58 MELB by 58
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Ian Ridley

Geelong

Captain: Geoff Ainsworth
Coach: Graham Farmer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 2 3 18 15 3 3 0 3 1
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 2 1
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 1 1
27 Brewer, Ross ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 4 0 1 1
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 2 27 24 3 2 0 2 4
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 2 18 15 3 4 0 2 2
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 0 1 3
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 13 2 3
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 0 2
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 4 0 1 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 6 0 3 4
29 Leary, Noel ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 0 0
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 1 3 18 14 4 3 3 1 3
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 3 20 16 4 12 0 2 2
22 Ritterman, Henry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 3 4
36 Swan, Glenn ? ? 8 1 11 10 1 5 1 1 1
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 6 2 18 18 0 4 0 1 5
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 3 45 34 11 13 0 2 3
30 Williamson, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 7 4 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 20 19 305 251 54 79 24 32 44

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff (c) ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 3 0 6 2
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
14 Clarke, David ? ? 4 2 31 30 1 10 0 3 2
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 2 0 2 3
2 Davidson, Garry ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 0 0 3 1
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 7 14 1 0
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 1 0 15 8 7 3 0 3 3
29 Hawkins, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 2 4 1
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 0 0
36 Kline, Jeff ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 0
34 Linke, Graeme ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 4 0 2 0
9 Mayne, Terry ? ? 2 1 18 16 2 3 0 3 3
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 0 0 0 1
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 3 2 34 24 10 6 0 4 3
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 6 2 0 1
37 Russell, Ivan ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 1 1
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 1 3 24 20 4 4 1 3 4
18 Stephens, Peter ? ? 0 1 16 9 7 5 0 0 6
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 0 6 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 11 15 279 228 51 62 19 43 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