1973 VFL Season Round 17: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 28 July 1973 between Essendon and St Kilda during round seventeen of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Windy Hill. Des Tuddenham captained the hosts with John Williams as vice-captain. Stuart Trott captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Essendon (15.12.102) defeated St Kilda (10.19.79).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 28 July 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 21,469

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. St Kilda
Score: 15.12.102 - 10.19.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 2 5 . 9 9 . 10 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
St Kilda 4 . 4 5 . 10 7 . 13 10 . 19 10 . 19 (79)
Margin STKL by 14 STKL by 1 ESSE by 9 ESSE by 23 ESSE by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

St Kilda

Captain: Stuart Trott
Coach: Allan Jeans

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
49 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 1 1
19 Close, Robin ? ? 5 2 13 11 2 8 0 2 2
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 1 4
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 1 18 17 1 3 0 3 3
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 6 0 1 3
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 2 1 8 7 1 6 3 0 3
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 5 12 6 2
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 2 1
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 0 0 18 7 11 5 8 1 2
48 Newton, Rob ? ? 2 1 13 11 2 1 0 1 1
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 2 2 6 6 0 3 0 2 3
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 1 1 14 14 0 2 0 5 3
16 Perry, Greg ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 2 6 1 3
31 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 3 4
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 0 1 0
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 1 0 1 1
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 0 2 24 20 4 2 0 8 5
22 Williams, John (vc) ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 3 0 5 1
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 2 0 27 26 1 1 0 6 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 12 257 224 33 58 29 50 44

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 4 0 4 0
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 1 0 2 4
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 1 1 16 9 7 4 0 2 5
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 1 1 14 10 4 2 0 4 4
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 0 3 19 16 3 6 0 1 1
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 2 2 14 12 2 5 14 3 2
46 George, Ian ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
42 Judson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 2 0 4 1
5 Lawrence, Barry ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 0
37 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 1 3
26 Manzie, John ? ? 1 3 17 15 2 1 0 0 2
15 Moran, Jeff ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 0 0 3
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 3 5 1 4
32 Perovic, Val ? ? 1 6 21 20 1 7 0 4 5
21 Reynolds, Russell ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 5 0 2 4
30 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 7 2 2 1
22 Stephens, John ? ? 3 2 8 8 0 2 0 3 3
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 0 0 27 17 10 5 0 5 7
7 Trott, Stuart (c) ? ? 0 0 21 21 0 4 0 5 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 19 274 225 49 60 21 44 50

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