1973 VFL Season Round 16: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 21 July 1973 between Richmond and Melbourne during round sixteen of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at the 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 (16.14.110) defeated Melbourne (9.19.73).

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

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Melbourne
Score: 16.14.110 - 9.19.73

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

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Bartlett (acting)
Vice-Captain: Francis Bourke (acting)
Coach: Tom Hafey

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Ian Ridley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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