1973 VFL Round 18: Richmond v Fitzroy
This is the match report for the match played on 4 August 1973 between Richmond and Fitzroy during round 18 of the 1973 VFL season.
Richmond hosted Fitzroy at MCG.
In the absence of Royce Hart, vice-captain Kevin Bartlett captained the hosts with Francis Bourke as vice-captain.
John Murphy captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Graham Donaldson.
Richmond
K. Bartlett (capt.), F. Bourke (vice-capt.), W. Barrot, D. Clay, D. Cumming, L. Fowler, M. Green, R. Hunt, M. Keane, R. Lamb, C. McKellar, R. McLean, K. Morris, B. Nalder, B. Roberts, K. Sheedy, P. Sproule, I. Stewart, W. Walsh, B. Wood
Fitzroy
J. Murphy (capt.), G. Austen, N. Brown, J. Christou, C. Cruse, N. Dare, W. Irwin, A. Lukas, I. McCulloch, D. McMahon, H. Merrigan, K. Murray, K. O'Keeffe, B. Padley, L. Richards, L. Robertson, R. Serafini, C. Smith, D. Wall, G. Wilson
Richmond (15.14.104) defeated Fitzroy (13.14.92).
Goalkickers
Richmond: R. McLean (4), P. Sproule (4), D. Clay (3), M. Green (2), R. Lamb, K. Sheedy
Fitzroy: K. O'Keeffe (3), N. Dare (2), J. Murphy (2), R. Serafini (2), N. Brown, J. Christou, D. McMahon, D. Wall
As a result of this match, Richmond remained 2nd on the ladder and Fitzroy remained 9th on the ladder by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1973 VFL Season
Round:
Round 18
Teams:
Richmond
v
Fitzroy
Date:
Saturday 4 August 1973
Time:
2:10 PM
Venue:
MCG
Attendance:
20,578
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond | 7 | . | 2 | 10 | . | 8 | 13 | . | 10 | 15 | . | 14 | 15 | . | 14 | (104) |
| Fitzroy | 4 | . | 2 | 7 | . | 4 | 11 | . | 7 | 13 | . | 14 | 13 | . | 14 | (92) |
| Margin | RICH by 18 | RICH by 22 | RICH by 15 | RICH by 12 | RICH by 12 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Tom Hafey
(Richmond),
Graham Donaldson
(Fitzroy)
Captains:
Kevin Bartlett
(Richmond),
John Murphy
(Fitzroy)
Vice-Captains:
Francis Bourke
(Richmond),
unknown
(Fitzroy)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
I. Artso
Player Statistics
Richmond
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | Barrot, Wes | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Bartlett, Kevin (ac) | ? | ? | 0 | 4 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 30 | Bourke, Francis (avc) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Clay, Dick | ? | ? | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | Cumming, Daryl | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | Fowler, Laurie | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Green, Mike | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Hunt, Rex | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 40 | Keane, Merv | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Lamb, Robert | ? | ? | 1 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | McKellar, Craig | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | McLean, Ricky | ? | ? | 4 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 38 | Morris, Kevin | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 46 | Nalder, Bill | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Roberts, Brian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Sheedy, Kevin | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | Sproule, Paul | ? | ? | 4 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Stewart, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | Walsh, Wayne | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | Wood, Bryan | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rushed | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 15 | 14 | 272 | 221 | 51 | 60 | 34 | 31 | 33 | |||
Fitzroy
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Austen, Geoff | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Brown, Norm | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Christou, Jim | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 39 | Cruse, Colin | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Dare, Norm | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Irwin, Warwick | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 34 | Lukas, Andrew | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | McCulloch, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | McMahon, David | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Merrigan, Harvey | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Murphy, John (c) | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | Murray, Kevin | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | O'Keeffe, Kevin | ? | ? | 3 | 0 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Padley, Barry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Richards, Laurie | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Robertson, Leigh | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Serafini, Renato | ? | ? | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 35 | Smith, Chris | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | Wall, David | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 29 | Wilson, Garry | ? | ? | 0 | 3 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 13 | 14 | 293 | 248 | 45 | 77 | 19 | 33 | 31 | |||