1973 VFL Season Round 18: Richmond v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 4 August 1973 between Richmond and Fitzroy during round eighteen of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Fitzroy at the 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 (15.14.104) defeated Fitzroy (13.14.92).

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

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Fitzroy
Score: 15.14.104 - 13.14.92

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

Richmond

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

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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