1973 VFL Season Round 15: Carlton v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 14 July 1973 between Carlton and Melbourne during round fifteen of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. John Nicholls captained the hosts with Robert Walls as vice-captain. Stan Alves captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Nicholls and the visitors were coached by Ian Ridley.

Carlton (18.14.122) defeated Melbourne (12.9.81).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Carlton v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 14 July 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 21,476

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Melbourne
Score: 18.14.122 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 6 . 6 8 . 9 15 . 10 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
Melbourne 1 . 2 3 . 5 7 . 8 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Margin CARL by 34 CARL by 34 CARL by 50 CARL by 41 CARL by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

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

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Ian Ridley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 0 2 31 28 3 1 0 2 2
22 Chandler, Neil ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 1
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 0 22 21 1 3 0 5 5
27 Dickson, David ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 2 0 2 0
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 0 2
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 3 1
31 Hall, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 1 3 1
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 0 1 16 16 0 5 0 1 4
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 2 0 28 21 7 9 14 4 2
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 2 1 23 19 4 4 0 4 0
43 McKay, David ? ? 5 2 17 17 0 9 7 2 3
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 2 0 9 2 7 2 0 1 0
19 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 2 2
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 0 2
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 2 0 1 1
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 3 0 5 1
35 Styles, Lance ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 4 0 1 3
42 Walls, Robert (vc) ? ? 3 3 23 19 4 5 0 4 4
18 Walsh, Brian ? ? 3 3 22 20 2 6 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 14 319 257 62 71 22 42 37

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 1 3 18 16 2 8 1 1 4
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 2 2
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 0 2
27 Brewer, Ross ? ? 2 1 19 14 5 7 0 3 5
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 2 0 27 23 4 3 0 5 3
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 2 1 16 13 3 4 0 1 2
5 Clennett, John ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 3 7 2 4
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 2 0
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 6 19 2 0
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 3 0 2 1
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 4 0 1 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 5 0 5 5
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 1 0 10 10 0 5 8 2 3
9 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 6 0 2 2
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 0
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 3 1 12 11 1 5 0 3 3
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 7 0 1 0
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 2 17 16 1 4 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 9 267 226 41 79 35 36 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