1973 VFL Season Round 12: Carlton v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 23 June 1973 between Carlton and Geelong during round twelve of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Geelong at Princes Park. John Nicholls captained the hosts with Robert Walls as vice-captain. Geoff Ainsworth captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Nicholls and the visitors were coached by Graham Farmer.

Carlton (17.12.114) defeated Geelong (9.13.67).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Carlton v Geelong
Date: Saturday 23 June 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 14,452

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Geelong
Score: 17.12.114 - 9.13.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 6 . 1 10 . 4 14 . 9 17 . 12 17 . 12 (114)
Geelong 2 . 3 7 . 6 8 . 11 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Margin CARL by 22 CARL by 16 CARL by 34 CARL by 47 CARL by 47
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Vice-Captain: Robert Walls
Coach: John Nicholls

Geelong

Captain: Geoff Ainsworth
Coach: Graham Farmer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 3 0 29 28 1 6 0 2 2
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 2 3
22 Chandler, Neil ? ? 1 2 25 16 9 6 0 2 5
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 7 0 3 1
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 6 0 2 3
27 Dickson, David ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 3 1 0 3
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 3 0 0 3
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 0 1
31 Hall, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 2 2
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 1 0 1 2
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 1 1 17 11 6 7 11 3 5
16 Kennedy, Greg ? ? 3 3 14 11 3 6 0 1 4
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 2 2 24 18 6 3 0 2 5
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 3 0 1 4
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 1 3 3 2
19 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 1 1
13 Pascoe, Eric ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 1
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 6 0 7 0
42 Walls, Robert (vc) ? ? 0 2 18 18 0 6 1 4 2
18 Walsh, Brian ? ? 5 0 13 10 3 3 0 3 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 12 310 235 75 81 16 40 52

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff (c) ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 2 0
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 3 3 3 0 3 0 0 0
14 Clarke, David ? ? 2 0 9 8 1 1 0 0 0
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 3 0 4 2
2 Davidson, Garry ? ? 0 3 10 9 1 3 0 2 2
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 2 0 8 7 1 1 0 0 0
24 Gilmore, Tony ? ? 1 2 16 16 0 1 0 3 1
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 5 6 2 2
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 4 0 3 1
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 1 5
34 Linke, Graeme ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 1
9 Mayne, Terry ? ? 1 1 8 8 0 3 0 2 3
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 7 0 4 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 1 27 18 9 1 0 2 3
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 1 22 14 8 6 5 4 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 15 5 10 5 15 7 3
37 Russell, Ivan ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 5 1
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 2 1 26 19 7 4 2 3 7
18 Stephens, Peter ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 5 3 4 4
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 13 272 214 58 60 31 52 40

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