1973 VFL Round 16: Richmond v Melbourne
This is the match report for the match played on 21 July 1973 between Richmond and Melbourne during round 16 of the 1973 VFL season.
Richmond hosted Melbourne at MCG.
In the absence of Royce Hart, vice-captain Kevin Bartlett captained the hosts with Francis Bourke as vice-captain.
Stan Alves captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Ian Ridley.
Richmond
K. Bartlett (capt.), F. Bourke (vice-capt.), D. Clay, D. Cumming, L. Fowler, M. Green, G. Hewitt, R. Hunt, M. Keane, R. Lamb, C. McKellar, M. McMillan, K. Morris, B. Roberts, K. Sheedy, P. Sproule, I. Stewart, G. Teasdale, W. Walsh, B. Wood
Melbourne
S. Alves (capt.), R. Biffin, B. Bourke, R. Brewer, P. Callery, D. Clark, J. Cumming, F. Davis, C. Ditterich, S. Fitzsimmons, R. Flower, G. Hardeman, P. Keenan, S. Kerley, I. McGuinness, G. Osborne, G. Parke, T. Sullivan, J. Tilbrook, G. Wells
Richmond (16.14.110) defeated Melbourne (9.19.73).
Goalkickers
Richmond: G. Teasdale (3), K. Bartlett (2), D. Clay (2), R. Lamb (2), P. Sproule (2), M. Green, G. Hewitt, K. Morris, K. Sheedy, B. Wood
Melbourne: P. Callery (3), R. Brewer (2), S. Alves, D. Clark, C. Ditterich, G. Wells
As a result of this match, Richmond remained 2nd on the ladder and Melbourne remained 8th on the ladder by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1973 VFL Season
Round:
Round 16
Teams:
Richmond
v
Melbourne
Date:
Saturday 21 July 1973
Time:
2:10 PM
Venue:
MCG
Attendance:
30,492
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond | 4 | . | 5 | 9 | . | 7 | 11 | . | 12 | 16 | . | 14 | 16 | . | 14 | (110) |
| Melbourne | 2 | . | 3 | 3 | . | 8 | 5 | . | 14 | 9 | . | 19 | 9 | . | 19 | (73) |
| Margin | RICH by 14 | RICH by 35 | RICH by 34 | RICH by 37 | RICH by 37 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Tom Hafey
(Richmond),
Ian Ridley
(Melbourne)
Captains:
Kevin Bartlett
(Richmond),
Stan Alves
(Melbourne)
Vice-Captains:
Francis Bourke
(Richmond),
unknown
(Melbourne)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
I. Robinson
Player Statistics
Richmond
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Bartlett, Kevin (ac) | ? | ? | 2 | 2 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 30 | Bourke, Francis (avc) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Clay, Dick | ? | ? | 2 | 2 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Cumming, Daryl | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Fowler, Laurie | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 37 | Green, Mike | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Hewitt, Glynn | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Hunt, Rex | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | Keane, Merv | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 22 | Lamb, Robert | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | McKellar, Craig | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | McMillan, Marty | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Morris, Kevin | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Roberts, Brian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Sheedy, Kevin | ? | ? | 1 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | Sproule, Paul | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Stewart, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Teasdale, Graham | ? | ? | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | Walsh, Wayne | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | Wood, Bryan | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Rushed | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 16 | 14 | 305 | 240 | 65 | 83 | 35 | 38 | 25 | |||
Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Alves, Stan (c) | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | Biffin, Ray | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Bourke, Barry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | Brewer, Ross | ? | ? | 2 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 35 | Callery, Paul | ? | ? | 3 | 0 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Clark, Denis | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Cumming, John | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Davis, Frank | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | Ditterich, Carl | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | Fitzsimmons, Shane | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Flower, Robert | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Hardeman, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Keenan, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Kerley, Stephen | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 49 | McGuinness, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Osborne, Graham | ? | ? | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 26 | Parke, Greg | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Sullivan, Tony | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Tilbrook, Jim | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Wells, Greg | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Rushed | 5 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 9 | 19 | 299 | 245 | 54 | 82 | 21 | 25 | 38 | |||