1973 VFL Season Round 11: Collingwood v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 16 June 1973 between Collingwood and Essendon during round eleven of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Essendon at Victoria Park. Wayne Richardson captained the hosts with Len Thompson as vice-captain. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with John Williams as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Neil Mann and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

Collingwood (23.16.154) defeated Essendon (16.16.112).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Collingwood v Essendon
Date: Saturday 16 June 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 31,784

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Essendon
Score: 23.16.154 - 16.16.112

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 3 . 6 13 . 10 15 . 14 23 . 16 23 . 16 (154)
Essendon 5 . 5 6 . 11 14 . 15 16 . 16 16 . 16 (112)
Margin ESSE by 11 COLL by 41 COLL by 5 COLL by 42 COLL by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

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

Essendon

Captain: Des Tuddenham
Vice-Captain: John Williams
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Bisset, George ? ? 3 1 27 25 2 5 0 3 3
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 1 3 4
37 Coles, Henry ? ? 3 1 19 17 2 2 0 5 2
19 Cranage, Paul ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 3 0 1 1
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 10 0 0 2
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 5 2 2 1
9 Dunstan, Graeme ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 4 0 0 2
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 0 0 2 1
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 3 1 8 6 2 9 10 0 3
40 Holmes, Allan ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 1 1
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 8 3 16 16 0 11 0 2 1
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 3 0 20 13 7 5 0 2 3
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 0 0 3
3 Price, Barry ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 1 0 3 1
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 2 2 26 19 7 4 0 3 5
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 0 3 28 24 4 5 0 2 2
24 Salmon, Daryl ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 0 2 21 19 2 11 23 8 4
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 1 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 23 16 298 244 54 88 36 39 41

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
19 Close, Robin ? ? 2 1 10 9 1 4 0 3 1
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 2 1
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 5 0 1 3
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 2 15 10 5 3 0 4 2
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 1 0 16 16 0 3 0 2 3
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 1 2 4
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 1 0
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 2 0 20 10 10 10 9 2 3
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 3 3 15 13 2 6 0 1 1
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 3 0 2 4
16 Perry, Greg ? ? 0 2 12 9 3 5 7 3 5
31 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 2 2
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 1 3 11 10 1 1 0 4 2
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 0 0 1 1
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 0 1
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 3 0 3 3
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 0 1 8 8 0 2 0 2 0
22 Williams, John (vc) ? ? 1 0 20 16 4 3 0 1 2
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 2 2 27 25 2 2 0 6 1
55 Wright, Ross ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 16 247 199 48 59 17 42 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