1973 VFL Round 20: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 18 August 1973 between Essendon and Carlton during round 20 of the 1973 VFL season. Essendon hosted Carlton at VFL Park. Des Tuddenham captained the hosts with John Williams as vice-captain. John Nicholls captained the visitors with Robert Walls as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by John Nicholls.

Essendon
D. Tuddenham (capt.), J. Williams (vice-capt.), R. Amos, R. Andrews, J. Cassin, R. Close, H. Delahunty, N. Fields, K. Fletcher, W. Headlam, P. Hickmott, D. McKenzie, L. Moloney, G. Moss, G. Perry, G. Pryor, G. Schultz, R. Smith, P. Wellington, A. Wilson

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

Essendon (10.7.67) were defeated by Carlton (17.9.111).

Goalkickers
Essendon: G. Perry (2), P. Wellington (2), J. Cassin, N. Fields, K. Fletcher, P. Hickmott, L. Moloney, A. Wilson
Carlton: A. Jesaulenko (5), R. Walls (4), S. Jackson (2), D. McKay (2), J. Nicholls (2), P. Hall, T. Keogh

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 4th on the ladder and Carlton remained 3rd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 18 August 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 36,117

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Carlton
Score: 10.7.67 - 17.9.111

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	3	.	2	9	.	4	9	.	6	10	.	7	10	.	7	(67)
Carlton	3	.	3	5	.	6	13	.	8	17	.	9	17	.	9	(111)
Margin	CARL by 1			ESSE by 22			CARL by 26			CARL by 44			CARL by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Des Tuddenham (Essendon), John Nicholls (Carlton)
Captains: Des Tuddenham (Essendon), John Nicholls (Carlton)
Vice-Captains: John Williams (Essendon), Robert Walls (Carlton)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Coates

Player Statistics

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
11	Amos, Robert	?	?	0	0	16	15	1	2	0	5	3
49	Andrews, Ron	?	?	0	0	5	4	1	1	0	1	4
9	Cassin, John	?	?	1	0	13	11	2	4	0	4	3
19	Close, Robin	?	?	0	1	10	9	1	1	0	2	3
40	Delahunty, Hugh	?	?	0	2	10	9	1	2	0	1	3
1	Fields, Neville	?	?	1	1	19	16	3	3	0	2	7
21	Fletcher, Ken	?	?	1	0	18	15	3	4	0	1	1
14	Headlam, Wayne	?	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Hickmott, Peter	?	?	1	0	18	15	3	3	0	1	3
24	McKenzie, Don	?	?	0	0	10	9	1	1	2	3	2
34	Moloney, Laurie	?	?	1	0	13	13	0	5	0	2	0
25	Moss, Graham	?	?	0	0	21	13	8	9	11	3	4
16	Perry, Greg	?	?	2	0	12	8	4	4	7	2	0
31	Pryor, Geoff	?	?	0	0	13	13	0	2	0	1	2
12	Schultz, Graeme	?	?	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
35	Smith, Ray	?	?	0	0	10	10	0	3	0	3	1
8	Tuddenham, Des (c)	?	?	0	0	14	9	5	3	0	3	2
39	Wellington, Pat	?	?	2	1	5	5	0	1	0	1	1
22	Williams, John (vc)	?	?	0	0	6	6	0	0	0	1	2
33	Wilson, Andy	?	?	1	0	23	21	2	8	0	1	3
Rushed					2
Total (20 players)				10	7	237	202	35	57	20	37	44

Carlton

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
12	Armstrong, Barry	?	?	0	0	27	26	1	2	0	5	2
14	Ashman, Rod	?	?	0	0	3	2	1	2	0	0	0
21	Austin, Rod	?	?	0	0	13	9	4	4	0	1	0
22	Chandler, Neil	?	?	0	0	4	3	1	1	0	1	2
6	Crane, Gary	?	?	0	0	18	17	1	4	0	2	2
17	Crosswell, Brent	?	?	0	0	10	8	2	3	0	1	2
27	Dickson, David	?	?	0	0	16	13	3	5	0	4	2
11	Doull, Bruce	?	?	0	0	21	15	6	4	0	1	3
31	Hall, Peter	?	?	1	0	17	17	0	0	0	3	2
33	Hurst, Paul	?	?	0	0	6	6	0	1	0	1	3
5	Jackson, Syd	?	?	2	2	17	15	2	2	0	3	4
25	Jesaulenko, Alex	?	?	5	1	14	12	2	1	0	1	2
28	Jones, Peter	?	?	0	0	18	11	7	7	23	3	3
8	Keogh, Trevor	?	?	1	1	10	9	1	0	0	2	3
43	McKay, David	?	?	2	0	24	22	2	10	6	2	0
2	Nicholls, John (c)	?	?	2	3	10	8	2	5	5	1	2
15	Pinnell, Phillip	?	?	0	0	10	10	0	2	0	1	2
20	Southby, Geoff	?	?	0	0	14	12	2	4	0	2	1
30	Waite, Vin	?	?	0	0	12	7	5	2	0	4	1
42	Walls, Robert (vc)	?	?	4	2	21	20	1	10	0	6	1
Rushed					0
Total (20 players)				17	9	285	242	43	69	34	44	37

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

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