1973 VFL Season Round 20: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 18 August 1973 between Essendon and Carlton during round twenty of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (10.7.67) were defeated by Carlton (17.9.111).

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

Essendon

Captain: Des Tuddenham
Vice-Captain: John Williams
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Vice-Captain: Robert Walls
Coach: John Nicholls

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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