1973 VFL Round 12: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 23 June 1973 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round 12 of the 1973 VFL season. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Moorabbin Oval. Stan Alves captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Ian Ridley.

St Kilda
N. Besanko, B. Breen, G. Colling, R. Davies, A. Davis, R. Galt, I. George, A. Harper, W. Judson, B. Lawrence, M. Malthouse, J. Manzie, J. Moran, B. Mynott, K. Neale, T. Payze, R. Reynolds, J. Sarau, G. Scott, S. Theodore

Melbourne
S. Alves (capt.), R. Biffin, B. Bourke, R. Brewer, P. Callery, D. Clark, J. Clennett, C. Ditterich, S. Fitzsimmons, R. Flower, G. Hardeman, S. Kerley, G. Osborne, G. Parke, T. Rollinson, T. Sullivan, G. Swan, J. Tilbrook, G. Wells, P. Williamson

St Kilda (11.14.80) defeated Melbourne (6.18.54).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: B. Breen (2), A. Davis (2), R. Galt (2), I. George, B. Mynott, K. Neale, T. Payze, S. Theodore
Melbourne: S. Alves, R. Brewer, R. Flower, G. Osborne, G. Swan, G. Wells

As a result of this match, St Kilda were then 4th on the ladder (up from 6th) and Melbourne were then 8th on the ladder (down from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 23 June 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Moorabbin Oval
Attendance: 23,262

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Melbourne
Score: 11.14.80 - 6.18.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 1 . 3 6 . 7 7 . 7 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Melbourne 3 . 5 3 . 7 4 . 16 6 . 18 6 . 18 (54)
Margin MELB by 14 STKL by 18 STKL by 9 STKL by 26 STKL by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Allan Jeans (St Kilda), Ian Ridley (Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (St Kilda), Stan Alves (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Robinson

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 5 0 1 3
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 2 0 22 15 7 3 0 5 4
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 2 4
47 Davies, Russell ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 2 0 2 3
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 2 1 12 10 2 0 0 3 4
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 2 0 9 8 1 1 8 1 3
46 George, Ian ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 0 0 4 5
24 Harper, Allan ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 3 0
42 Judson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 3 0
5 Lawrence, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 2 0 1 2
37 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 3 4
26 Manzie, John ? ? 0 4 17 14 3 3 0 1 2
15 Moran, Jeff ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 3 0 2 1
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 1 0 4 1 3 0 19 1 4
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 1 3 7 5 2 1 0 2 2
20 Payze, Travis ? ? 1 1 21 19 2 8 0 2 2
21 Reynolds, Russell ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 3 1 4 4
30 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 7 5 3 1
29 Scott, Graham ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 3 0 2 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 14 248 202 46 48 33 45 52

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 1 2 12 10 2 5 0 1 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 3 1
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 5 0 2 1
27 Brewer, Ross ? ? 1 1 12 12 0 2 0 1 3
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 3 25 20 5 2 0 4 3
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 2 0 3 2
5 Clennett, John ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 8 0 3
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 3 11 4 4
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 3 0 4 2
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 1 0 21 19 2 3 0 5 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 1 4
9 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 2 1
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 1 1 15 14 1 4 0 7 3
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 8 0 4 1
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 5 3
36 Swan, Glenn ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 4 0 5 5
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 3 21 20 1 5 0 4 4
30 Williamson, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 6 18 252 222 30 61 22 55 45

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