1973 VFL Season Round 16: Fitzroy v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 21 July 1973 between Fitzroy and Carlton during round sixteen of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Carlton at Junction Oval. John Murphy captained the hosts. In the absence of John Nicholls, vice-captain Robert Walls captained the visitors with Alex Jesaulenko as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Graham Donaldson and the visitors were coached by John Nicholls.

Fitzroy (12.19.91) defeated Carlton (11.14.80).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Fitzroy v Carlton
Date: Saturday 21 July 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 14,800

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Carlton
Score: 12.19.91 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 7 5 . 7 8 . 13 12 . 19 12 . 19 (91)
Carlton 3 . 3 6 . 5 7 . 10 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Margin FITZ by 4 CARL by 4 FITZ by 9 FITZ by 11 FITZ by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Carlton

Captain: Robert Walls (acting)
Vice-Captain: Alex Jesaulenko (acting)
Coach: John Nicholls

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 6 5 4 2
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 2 12 9 3 6 7 0 2
20 Christou, Jim ? ? 2 1 16 10 6 2 0 3 4
39 Cruse, Colin ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 1 1 12 9 3 2 0 2 2
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 0 33 31 2 6 0 5 4
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 5 9 0 3
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 4 4
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 6 0 1 0
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 1 2 26 25 1 4 1 5 4
1 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 4 1
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 4 15 13 2 7 0 0 0
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 2 0 0 2
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 3 2 13 10 3 8 0 0 3
12 Sault, Ray ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 2 0
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 1 1 11 7 4 6 0 0 1
35 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 7 0 4 3
9 Wall, David ? ? 1 1 17 11 6 6 0 2 2
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 2 3 21 11 10 7 0 4 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 19 284 228 56 88 22 40 41

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 4 1 36 34 2 6 0 7 3
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 0 0
22 Chandler, Neil ? ? 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 3 0 3 3
27 Dickson, David ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 1 2
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 0 0 1
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 3
31 Hall, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 1 1 2
33 Hurst, Paul ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 5 1 0 4
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 0 1 18 16 2 6 0 3 2
25 Jesaulenko, Alex (avc) ? ? 1 1 24 18 6 9 2 2 4
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 2 1 13 9 4 7 14 3 6
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 0 1 20 20 0 6 0 5 2
43 McKay, David ? ? 1 4 16 13 3 9 16 0 4
19 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 3 1
13 Pascoe, Eric ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 2 0
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 1 2
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 0 4 0
42 Walls, Robert (ac) ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 7 0 3 0
18 Walsh, Brian ? ? 1 2 20 17 3 8 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 14 283 240 43 85 34 40 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