1973 VFL Season Round 12: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 23 June 1973 between Richmond and Essendon during round twelve of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at the MCG. In the absence of Royce Hart, vice-captain Kevin Bartlett captained the hosts with Francis Bourke as vice-captain. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with John Williams as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

Richmond (15.21.111) defeated Essendon (13.17.95).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 23 June 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 43,892

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 15.21.111 - 13.17.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 6 8 . 11 12 . 19 15 . 21 15 . 21 (111)
Essendon 3 . 4 8 . 9 10 . 10 13 . 17 13 . 17 (95)
Margin RICH by 2 RICH by 2 RICH by 21 RICH by 16 RICH by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Bartlett (acting)
Vice-Captain: Francis Bourke (acting)
Coach: Tom Hafey

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin (ac) ? ? 4 1 28 27 1 0 0 4 2
30 Bourke, Francis (avc) ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 7 0 1 1
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 2 0 0 5
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
11 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 4 2
37 Green, Mike ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 9 5 1 1
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 6 0 1 1
40 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 2 0 3 2
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 2 3 13 13 0 3 0 1 2
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 0 1
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 4 1
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 0
46 Nalder, Bill ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 5 4 2 7
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 5 16 2 4
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 1 4 28 21 7 4 0 6 3
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 3 4 20 15 5 1 0 0 1
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 1 0 24 23 1 2 0 4 3
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 3 0
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 1 19 18 1 5 0 3 1
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 1 1 17 13 4 1 0 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 15 21 279 238 41 61 25 41 37

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Cassin, John ? ? 1 2 20 15 5 4 0 0 3
19 Close, Robin ? ? 3 0 10 8 2 5 0 1 3
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 6 0 0 6
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 4 0 1 1
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 3 0 9 8 1 2 8 0 1
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 1 1
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 0 0 36 21 15 12 12 7 3
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 4 3 12 8 4 5 0 0 1
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 1 2 16 14 2 2 0 1 5
16 Perry, Greg ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 8 4 1
31 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 3 2
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 1 2 16 13 3 3 0 4 6
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 2 0
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 0 3 3
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 0 2 9 9 0 4 0 1 1
22 Williams, John (vc) ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 4 0 3 0
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 0 1 24 22 2 3 0 5 2
55 Wright, Ross ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 8 0 1 2
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 13 17 289 230 59 74 28 37 41

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