1973 VFL Round 15: Richmond v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 14 July 1973 between Richmond and St Kilda during round 15 of the 1973 VFL season. Richmond hosted St Kilda at VFL Park. Royce Hart captained the hosts with Kevin Bartlett as vice-captain. Stuart Trott captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Richmond
R. Hart (capt.), K. Bartlett (vice-capt.), N. Balme, F. Bourke, D. Clay, D. Cumming, L. Fowler, M. Green, G. Hewitt, R. Hunt, M. Keane, R. Lamb, C. McKellar, R. McLean, B. Roberts, K. Sheedy, P. Sproule, I. Stewart, W. Walsh, B. Wood

St Kilda
S. Trott (capt.), N. Besanko, B. Breen, G. Colling, R. Davies, A. Davis, R. Galt, A. Harper, W. Judson, B. Lawrence, M. Malthouse, J. Manzie, J. Moran, B. Mynott, K. Neale, T. Payze, V. Perovic, R. Reynolds, J. Sarau, S. Theodore

Richmond (13.12.90) defeated St Kilda (11.11.77).

Goalkickers
Richmond: P. Sproule (4), K. Bartlett (2), R. McLean (2), K. Sheedy (2), N. Balme, D. Cumming, R. Lamb
St Kilda: A. Davis (4), K. Neale (3), B. Breen, G. Colling, J. Sarau, S. Theodore

As a result of this match, Richmond remained 2nd on the ladder and St Kilda remained 6th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Richmond v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 14 July 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 31,499

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. St Kilda
Score: 13.12.90 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 2 7 . 5 10 . 9 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
St Kilda 4 . 2 6 . 5 9 . 7 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin STKL by 6 RICH by 6 RICH by 8 RICH by 13 RICH by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Tom Hafey (Richmond), Allan Jeans (St Kilda)
Captains: Royce Hart (Richmond), Stuart Trott (St Kilda)
Vice-Captains: Kevin Bartlett (Richmond), unknown (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Deller

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 1 2 5 4 1 2 1 0 1
29 Bartlett, Kevin (vc) ? ? 2 0 28 26 2 1 0 2 4
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 6 0 2 1
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 1 9 9 0 2 0 1 0
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 1 0 14 7 7 4 0 0 3
11 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 0 2 1
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 8 2 1 2
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 1 2
19 Hewitt, Glynn ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 1
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 2 1
40 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 1 0 2 0
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 1 0 1 2
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 3 0
31 McLean, Ricky ? ? 2 1 8 7 1 4 0 0 0
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 9 25 2 2
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 2 2 23 19 4 1 0 3 1
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 4 1 16 13 3 1 0 1 2
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 0 0 27 25 2 3 1 3 2
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 2 0 3 4
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 3 0 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 13 12 272 219 53 58 29 30 30

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 3 0 1 2
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 1 0 20 13 7 4 0 2 2
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 1 2 21 21 0 13 0 3 3
47 Davies, Russell ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 4 2 26 23 3 8 0 4 3
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 7 17 0 1
24 Harper, Allan ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 0 1
42 Judson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 1 0
5 Lawrence, Barry ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 7 0 2 2
37 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 0
26 Manzie, John ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 1 0 1 1
15 Moran, Jeff ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 0 0 2 0
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 3 3 0
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 3 2 7 7 0 5 0 1 2
20 Payze, Travis ? ? 0 0 26 21 5 8 0 0 4
32 Perovic, Val ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 10 0 0 1
21 Reynolds, Russell ? ? 0 0 24 14 10 6 0 3 1
30 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 4 4 2 5
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 1 0 17 9 8 3 1 0 1
7 Trott, Stuart (c) ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 0 0 5 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 11 11 295 229 66 85 25 30 30

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