1973 VFL Season Round 17: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 28 July 1973 between Melbourne and Collingwood during round seventeen of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Stan Alves captained the hosts. Wayne Richardson captained the visitors with Len Thompson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ian Ridley and the visitors were coached by Neil Mann.

Melbourne (12.15.87) were defeated by Collingwood (17.24.126).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 28 July 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 37,883

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Collingwood
Score: 12.15.87 - 17.24.126

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 6 7 . 7 8 . 11 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Collingwood 4 . 4 10 . 7 14 . 14 17 . 24 17 . 24 (126)
Margin MELB by 8 COLL by 18 COLL by 39 COLL by 39 COLL by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Ian Ridley

Collingwood

Captain: Wayne Richardson
Vice-Captain: Len Thompson
Coach: Neil Mann

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Artso

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 0 1 25 22 3 11 0 2 0
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 1 2
27 Brewer, Ross ? ? 1 1 16 10 6 4 0 1 1
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 2 1 24 23 1 3 0 2 1
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 2 1
40 Cumming, John ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 0 1 1
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 5 8 0 1
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 4 0 1 0
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 8 0 1 4
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 1 2 9 9 0 7 7 0 1
9 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 5 0 3 1
29 Leary, Noel ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 1 0
20 McSpeerin, Shane ? ? 2 3 18 17 1 2 0 2 3
42 Morgan, John ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 3 0 0 3
34 Owens, Mal ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 0
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 2 15 14 1 10 0 1 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 1 17 16 1 7 0 5 3
36 Swan, Glenn ? ? 4 1 7 6 1 5 0 2 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 6 2 4 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 15 270 235 35 90 19 29 24

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 1 1
4 Bisset, George ? ? 2 2 34 21 13 8 0 2 0
32 Browne, Michael ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 0 1
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 2 2
19 Cranage, Paul ? ? 0 0 23 22 1 6 0 0 3
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 0 1
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 1 2 20 15 5 6 2 1 2
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 2 1 7 5 2 3 7 2 0
40 Holmes, Allan ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 1 0 0 1
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 5 4 10 10 0 6 0 2 3
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 1 2 18 11 7 4 0 2 1
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 1 0
41 O'Sullivan, Danny ? ? 0 1 12 5 7 1 0 0 2
3 Price, Barry ? ? 0 0 25 18 7 3 0 1 3
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 1 3 24 15 9 6 1 2 2
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 1 3 30 28 2 9 0 1 4
24 Salmon, Daryl ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 4 0
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 2 1 20 13 7 6 19 1 1
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 1 1 23 13 10 0 0 0 2
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 17 24 325 236 89 76 31 22 29

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