1973 VFL Round 18: Collingwood v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 4 August 1973 between Collingwood and Carlton during round 18 of the 1973 VFL season. Collingwood hosted Carlton at Victoria Park. Wayne Richardson captained the hosts with Len Thompson as vice-captain. John Nicholls captained the visitors with Robert Walls as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Neil Mann and the visitors were coached by John Nicholls.

Collingwood
W. Richardson (capt.), L. Thompson (vice-capt.), L. Adamson, G. Bisset, M. Browne, S. Clifford, J. Clifton, P. Cranage, R. Dunne, D. Gott, B. Heard, G. Jenkin, P. McKenna, R. Oborne, D. O'Callaghan, D. O'Sullivan, B. Price, M. Richardson, D. Salmon, R. Wearmouth

Carlton
J. Nicholls (capt.), R. Walls (vice-capt.), B. Armstrong, R. Ashman, R. Austin, R. Byrne, G. Crane, D. Dickson, B. Doull, P. Hall, P. Hurst, S. Jackson, A. Jesaulenko, P. Jones, T. Keogh, D. McKay, P. Pinnell, G. Southby, V. Waite, B. Walsh

Collingwood (19.7.121) defeated Carlton (15.16.106).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: P. McKenna (4), R. Dunne (3), B. Heard (2), R. Oborne (2), M. Richardson (2), L. Thompson (2), G. Bisset, D. Gott, W. Richardson, R. Wearmouth
Carlton: A. Jesaulenko (3), J. Nicholls (3), P. Hall (2), B. Armstrong, R. Ashman, G. Crane, S. Jackson, D. McKay, R. Walls, B. Walsh

As a result of this match, Collingwood remained 1st on the ladder and Carlton remained 3rd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Collingwood v Carlton
Date: Saturday 4 August 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 37,660

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Carlton
Score: 19.7.121 - 15.16.106

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 4 . 2 10 . 4 16 . 5 19 . 7 19 . 7 (121)
Carlton 3 . 5 8 . 8 10 . 12 15 . 16 15 . 16 (106)
Margin COLL by 3 COLL by 8 COLL by 29 COLL by 15 COLL by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neil Mann (Collingwood), John Nicholls (Carlton)
Captains: Wayne Richardson (Collingwood), John Nicholls (Carlton)
Vice-Captains: Len Thompson (Collingwood), Robert Walls (Carlton)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 2 3
4 Bisset, George ? ? 1 1 23 21 2 4 0 3 1
32 Browne, Michael ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 3 0 2 0
42 Clifford, Stephen ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 0 4 1
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 6 0 2 2
19 Cranage, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 2 1
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 3 0 11 11 0 3 2 1 1
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 4 0 2 6
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 2 0 9 7 2 6 9 1 0
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 4 0 5 5 0 4 0 1 2
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 2 3 19 17 2 10 0 2 1
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 1 0
41 O'Sullivan, Danny ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Price, Barry ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 0 1 4 2
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 2 1 23 19 4 10 0 2 0
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 1 0 30 26 4 12 0 3 5
24 Salmon, Daryl ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 9 0 3 3
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 2 0 13 10 3 2 17 7 3
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 1 2 29 19 10 7 0 2 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 19 7 286 237 49 89 29 44 34

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 1 1 10 9 1 2 0 2 2
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 1 0 19 10 9 3 0 0 1
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 3 0 1 2
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 1 2
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 1 0 2 1
27 Dickson, David ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 8 0 1 2
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 0 2
31 Hall, Peter ? ? 2 0 7 6 1 2 0 0 0
33 Hurst, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 1 1
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 1 1 12 12 0 2 0 4 5
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 3 4 20 17 3 5 0 6 2
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 10 11 5 4
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 0 2 3
43 McKay, David ? ? 1 1 21 20 1 8 3 2 3
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 3 3 8 7 1 5 0 1 4
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 1 3
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 5 0 2 2
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 1 1
42 Walls, Robert (vc) ? ? 1 3 5 5 0 3 0 0 2
18 Walsh, Brian ? ? 1 2 21 16 5 5 0 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 16 274 223 51 77 14 34 44

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