1973 VFL Season Round 14: North Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 7 July 1973 between North Melbourne and Richmond during round fourteen of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Richmond at Arden Street Oval. Barry Davis captained the hosts. Royce Hart captained the visitors with Kevin Bartlett as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

North Melbourne (11.12.78) were defeated by Richmond (17.15.117).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: North Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 7 July 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 19,114

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 11.12.78 - 17.15.117

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 3 5 . 7 9 . 8 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Richmond 4 . 4 10 . 8 14 . 10 17 . 15 17 . 15 (117)
Margin RICH by 7 RICH by 31 RICH by 32 RICH by 39 RICH by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Barry Davis
Coach: Ron Barassi

Richmond

Captain: Royce Hart
Vice-Captain: Kevin Bartlett
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 0 2 13 13 0 6 0 3 0
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 1 0 20 19 1 2 0 1 3
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 5 0 4 4
28 Farrant, Garry ? ? 2 0 19 13 6 3 1 2 4
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 2 19 14 5 3 0 2 1
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 1 0 22 14 8 8 15 5 5
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 3 0 3 2
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 6 1 1 2
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 4 0 4 0
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 0 1 18 10 8 3 2 3 3
38 Michalczyk, Dick ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 1 0 0 0
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 3 7 1 1
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 1 0
8 Peterson, Robert ? ? 2 0 20 18 2 1 0 2 5
9 Pretty, David ? ? 0 1 18 16 2 1 0 2 0
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 2 0 5 5
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 1 2 17 13 4 6 0 3 3
2 Wade, Doug ? ? 4 3 12 10 2 6 0 3 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 12 289 233 56 65 27 45 42

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Allford, Grant ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 6 2 12 11 1 3 5 3 4
29 Bartlett, Kevin (vc) ? ? 1 0 20 19 1 1 0 3 2
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 8 0 2 3
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 1 0 1 1
11 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 2 1
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 18 5 0 2
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 2 0 16 14 2 6 0 1 4
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 6 1
34 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 1 0 5 1
40 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 1 0 3 5
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 4 0 15 13 2 3 0 2 3
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 4 1
31 McLean, Ricky ? ? 2 4 14 11 3 6 0 0 4
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 7 25 1 5
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 2 2 24 20 4 4 0 3 2
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 2 12 7 5 1 0 0 0
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 0 0 19 19 0 4 0 2 4
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 3 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 17 15 269 229 40 73 35 42 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