1973 VFL Season Round 16: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 21 July 1973 between Geelong and Essendon during round sixteen of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. Geoff Ainsworth captained the hosts. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with John Williams as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Graham Farmer and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

Geelong (12.10.82) defeated Essendon (11.15.81).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 21 July 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 16,746

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 12.10.82 - 11.15.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 2 7 . 5 9 . 7 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Essendon 1 . 1 5 . 8 10 . 12 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Margin GEEL by 19 GEEL by 9 ESSE by 11 GEEL by 1 GEEL by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Geoff Ainsworth
Coach: Graham Farmer

Essendon

Captain: Des Tuddenham
Vice-Captain: John Williams
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Hedger

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff (c) ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 12 0 3 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 6 2 14 13 1 7 1 6 3
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 1 1 25 22 3 7 0 6 4
2 Davidson, Garry ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 5 0 2 3
21 Davis, Harvey ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 2 2 3
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 6 0 0 2
24 Gilmore, Tony ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 0 2 3
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 4 12 5 3
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 3 0 2 0
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 4 0 3 2
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 1 0
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 1 0 5 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 2 0 11 8 3 5 3 1 2
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 2 1 14 13 1 2 0 5 2
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 4 8
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 1 0
19 Whatman, Robert ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 4 0 3 1
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 2 0 2 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 12 10 250 210 40 75 18 53 44

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
19 Close, Robin ? ? 2 0 14 11 3 6 0 4 3
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 0
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 4 0 3 3
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 1 17 14 3 4 0 4 4
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 2 25 24 1 4 0 3 3
15 Gross, Don ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 3 0 1 0
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 5 0 1 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 4 6 4 5
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 1 3
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 1 1 19 11 8 10 3 4 7
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 5 2 16 14 2 10 0 2 1
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 4 0 1 2
16 Perry, Greg ? ? 1 2 9 8 1 5 5 1 2
31 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 4 2
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 2
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 1 9 9 0 3 0 1 4
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 3 0 4 3
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 2 0 1 3
22 Williams, John (vc) ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 2 1
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 1 2 30 29 1 8 0 1 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 15 274 228 46 81 14 44 53

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