1973 VFL Season Round 14: South Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 7 July 1973 between South Melbourne and Geelong during round fourteen of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Geelong at Lakeside Oval. Peter Bedford captained the hosts. Geoff Ainsworth captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graeme John and the visitors were coached by Graham Farmer.

South Melbourne (18.15.123) defeated Geelong (12.6.78).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: South Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 7 July 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 9,681

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 18.15.123 - 12.6.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 8 . 4 11 . 7 12 . 11 18 . 15 18 . 15 (123)
Geelong 3 . 4 6 . 5 10 . 5 12 . 6 12 . 6 (78)
Margin SMLB by 30 SMLB by 32 SMLB by 18 SMLB by 45 SMLB by 45
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Peter Bedford
Coach: Graeme John

Geelong

Captain: Geoff Ainsworth
Coach: Graham Farmer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Aanensen, Vic ? ? 1 2 16 13 3 9 4 3 3
31 Ball, Ray ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 4 1
11 Bedford, Peter (c) ? ? 3 2 23 15 8 11 0 0 2
8 Beecroft, Barry ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 3 2 0 1
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 2 0 16 13 3 7 0 3 1
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 3 4 3 7
18 Davis, Bruce ? ? 0 2 7 4 3 3 0 2 3
28 Doyle, Robert ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 2 3
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 0 1 29 23 6 3 0 6 1
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 2 1 18 13 5 8 1 2 1
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 2 1 36 25 11 6 0 3 3
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 1 1 31 28 3 3 0 4 0
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 4 0 1 2
21 Pitura, John ? ? 2 3 19 16 3 8 0 2 3
19 Prentice, Jim ? ? 5 1 19 15 4 6 0 1 2
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 0 0 30 21 9 3 0 2 3
20 Thomson, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 5 0 1 1
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 2 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 15 329 240 89 88 11 40 41

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff (c) ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 2 1
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 1 1 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 0 26 25 1 10 0 0 2
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 2 1
2 Davidson, Garry ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 2 5
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 6 0 3 2
24 Gilmore, Tony ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 0 4 2
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 1 11 5 6 4 6 2 1
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 2 3
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 1 16 15 1 1 0 1 1
20 Lewtas, Ian ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 1 0
9 Mayne, Terry ? ? 2 1 12 11 1 2 0 3 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 2 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 2 1 30 27 3 3 0 6 3
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 4 0 16 11 5 7 3 2 1
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 6 9 2 4
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 3 0 1 3
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 1 0 29 23 6 7 2 3 3
18 Stephens, Peter ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 9 0 1 3
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 4 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 6 284 240 44 80 21 41 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