1973 VFL Season Round 11: Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 16 June 1973 between Melbourne and North Melbourne during round eleven of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at the MCG. Stan Alves captained the hosts. Barry Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ian Ridley and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Melbourne (13.12.90) defeated North Melbourne (12.9.81).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 16 June 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 32,951

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. North Melbourne
Score: 13.12.90 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 2 7 . 5 9 . 8 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
North Melbourne 3 . 5 9 . 5 11 . 7 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Margin MELB by 3 NMLB by 12 NMLB by 11 MELB by 9 MELB by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Ian Ridley

North Melbourne

Captain: Barry Davis
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 1 1 14 13 1 5 0 2 2
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 1 0
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 5 0 0 0
27 Brewer, Ross ? ? 3 0 14 14 0 5 0 2 0
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 3 0 3 5
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 2 10 9 1 1 1 2 2
5 Clennett, John ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 4 0 1
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 20 3 1
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 2 0 3 1
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 3 0 3 3
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 8 0 3 4
9 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 4 0 1 3
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 2 0 11 10 1 5 4 4 2
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 2 16 11 5 11 0 0 2
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 8 1 1 1
36 Swan, Glenn ? ? 1 3 9 7 2 6 1 0 1
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 4 0 14 13 1 4 2 4 4
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 1 23 19 4 3 0 4 1
30 Williamson, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 3 2 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 12 270 232 38 80 36 38 33

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 3 2 11 9 2 5 0 4 2
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 2 0
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 32 26 6 4 0 5 2
7 Doolan, Vin ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 3 0 2 1
16 Farrant, Doug ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 2
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 3 3 15 14 1 5 0 2 2
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 1 0 18 7 11 8 12 1 5
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 1 21 17 4 3 0 0 2
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 2 0 1 0
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 3 0 3 1
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 3 1 3 1
3 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 0 0 2 3
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 4 14 1 5
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 0 0 3 4
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 6 0 2 6
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 10 1 1 1
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 2 0 21 13 8 5 0 4 0
26 Smith, Rob ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 0 0 0 0
2 Wade, Doug ? ? 3 1 7 5 2 4 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 9 284 209 75 68 28 37 38

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