1973 VFL Season Round 18: South Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 August 1973 between South Melbourne and Melbourne during round eighteen of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Melbourne at VFL Park. Peter Bedford captained the hosts. Stan Alves captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graeme John and the visitors were coached by Ian Ridley.

South Melbourne (12.14.86) defeated Melbourne (11.12.78).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: South Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 4 August 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 15,292

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Melbourne
Score: 12.14.86 - 11.12.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 2 . 3 6 . 6 11 . 9 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Melbourne 0 . 2 4 . 5 7 . 8 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Margin SMLB by 13 SMLB by 13 SMLB by 25 SMLB by 8 SMLB by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Peter Bedford
Coach: Graeme John

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Ian Ridley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Hedger

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Aanensen, Vic ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 6 8 1 3
31 Ball, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 2 0
11 Bedford, Peter (c) ? ? 5 2 26 19 7 16 0 1 1
8 Beecroft, Barry ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 1 17 16 1 2 0 2 3
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 1 3 3
45 Dempster, Graham ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 6 0 2 1
28 Doyle, Robert ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 2 3 3 2
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 2 1
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 1 5 24 21 3 1 0 2 5
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 1 3 5 5 0 4 0 1 2
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 1 0 31 18 13 8 0 6 1
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 0 0 25 19 6 7 0 5 3
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 1 0
21 Pitura, John ? ? 1 1 22 14 8 3 0 6 1
19 Prentice, Jim ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 5 0 1 0
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 1 0 20 16 4 7 0 1 2
41 Stibbard, Neville ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
20 Thomson, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 5 0 2 2
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 2 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 14 296 226 70 88 12 41 30

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 1 1 30 20 10 10 0 0 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 8 0 3 0
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 6 0 0 3
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 2 2 18 16 2 4 0 1 0
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 1 17 14 3 3 0 3 3
40 Cumming, John ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 3 2
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 7 12 0 1
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 2 0
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 0 2
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 5 9 2 5
9 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 8 0 1 2
20 McSpeerin, Shane ? ? 0 1 14 14 0 5 0 2 2
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 1 1 12 10 2 7 1 0 2
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 6 0 2 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 4 5
36 Swan, Glenn ? ? 0 2 4 3 1 2 1 0 2
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 3 0 15 14 1 3 0 3 5
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 3 1 26 22 4 5 1 4 2
30 Williamson, Peter ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 12 271 227 44 91 24 30 41

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