1973 VFL Round 20: Collingwood v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 18 August 1973 between Collingwood and Richmond during round 20 of the 1973 VFL season. Collingwood hosted Richmond at Victoria Park. Wayne Richardson captained the hosts with Len Thompson as vice-captain. In the absence of Royce Hart, vice-captain Kevin Bartlett captained the visitors with Francis Bourke as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Neil Mann and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Collingwood
W. Richardson (capt.), L. Thompson (vice-capt.), L. Adamson, A. Atkinson, G. Beck, M. Browne, S. Clifford, J. Clifton, H. Coles, P. Cranage, R. Dean, R. Dunne, B. Heard, A. Holmes, G. Jenkin, P. McKenna, R. Oborne, M. Richardson, D. Salmon, R. Wearmouth

Richmond
K. Bartlett (capt.), F. Bourke (vice-capt.), G. Allford, N. Balme, D. Clay, D. Cumming, L. Fowler, R. Hunt, F. Jackson, M. Keane, C. McKellar, R. McLean, M. McMillan, K. Morris, B. Nalder, S. Rae, B. Roberts, P. Sproule, I. Stewart, B. Wood

Collingwood (8.11.59) were defeated by Richmond (14.16.100).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: G. Beck (2), P. McKenna (2), M. Browne, B. Heard, L. Thompson, R. Wearmouth
Richmond: N. Balme (5), K. Morris (5), P. Sproule (2), K. Bartlett, R. Hunt

As a result of this match, Collingwood remained 1st on the ladder and Richmond remained 2nd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Collingwood v Richmond
Date: Saturday 18 August 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 28,286

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Richmond
Score: 8.11.59 - 14.16.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 1 . 2 2 . 6 6 . 9 8 . 11 8 . 11 (59)
Richmond 4 . 2 6 . 6 9 . 9 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
Margin RICH by 18 RICH by 24 RICH by 18 RICH by 41 RICH by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neil Mann (Collingwood), Tom Hafey (Richmond)
Captains: Wayne Richardson (Collingwood), Kevin Bartlett (Richmond)
Vice-Captains: Len Thompson (Collingwood), Francis Bourke (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 0 2
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 4 0 2 2
53 Beck, Greg ? ? 2 1 19 17 2 3 0 5 3
32 Browne, Michael ? ? 1 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 1
42 Clifford, Stephen ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 2 4
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 2 4 1
37 Coles, Henry ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 1
19 Cranage, Paul ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 1 0 3 0
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 4 0 2 1
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 5 0 0 2
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 1 2 10 9 1 5 1 4 3
40 Holmes, Allan ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 0 0
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 0
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 2 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 1
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 3 0 2 2
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 1 0 5 3
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 0 1 17 16 1 3 1 2 3
24 Salmon, Daryl ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 3 1
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 1 0 23 16 7 6 27 7 2
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 4 0 1 4
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 8 11 237 199 38 54 33 44 36

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Allford, Grant ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 5 5 16 12 4 7 6 2 5
29 Bartlett, Kevin (ac) ? ? 1 1 36 34 2 1 0 4 2
30 Bourke, Francis (avc) ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 5 3
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 2 2
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 2 1
11 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 3 2
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 1 1 14 14 0 10 0 2 1
34 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 5 0 3 3
40 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 0 2 1
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 1 6 0 1
31 McLean, Ricky ? ? 0 2 8 6 2 4 0 0 1
14 McMillan, Marty ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 5 2 18 17 1 3 0 2 2
46 Nalder, Bill ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 4 2 1 3
13 Rae, Stephen ? ? 0 0 20 9 11 2 0 0 4
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 16 3 6
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 2 3 13 13 0 3 0 2 0
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 8 0 2 2
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 1 5
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 16 261 215 46 62 30 36 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